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School: Sliabh na Cille (roll number 14513)

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Slievenakilla, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Peadar Mac Fhlannchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0206, Page 443

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    12. As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
    13. Giving or taking, sleeping or waking,
    Whenever you are, whatever you do,
    Whether at home or whether you roam,
    God's blessing rest on you.
    14. God never wets anything but he dries it again.
    15. A wilful man will have his word.
    16. A word before is worth two behind.
    17. God help the sick, the poor can beg.
    18. God send you more wit (sense) and me more money
    19. Never fall out with your bread and butter
    20. Old bees yield no honey
    21. The handsomest flower is not the sweetest
    22. The weakest must go to the wall
    23. The cobbler's wife is the worst shod
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brighid Loughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Brigid Mc Gourty
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    74
    Address
    Tullynahaia, Co. Leitrim