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School: Mionloch (C) (roll number 8800)

Location:
Menlough, Co. Galway
Teachers:
Bean Uí Oisín Bean Uí Dhubhagáin
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    (1) A liar needs good memory.
    (2) A bully is never courageous.
    (3) A word before is worth two after.
    (4) Honest loss is preferable to shameful gain.
    (5) Better pay a cook than a doctor.
    (6) A still tongue makes a wise head.
    (7) Credit makes cheap things dear.
    (8) Every man knows where his boot pinches.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    Irish
    Collector
    Rita Lally
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    John Scanlon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    85
    Address
    Pollnabrone, Co. Galway