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School: Cill Srianáin (Jamestown) (roll number 1024)

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Jamestown, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Ghormáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0210, Page 403

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    No fool like an old fool.
    Hunger is good sauce.
    Its a good horse that never stumbles.
    No Ghost as bad as a live ghost.
    God fits the back to the burden.
    You can't whistle and eat meat.
    Wine in - sense out.
    No cure for death.
    What he doesn't hear, won't sicken him.
    Kill 2 birds with one stone.
    The cat can look at the king.
    Colpan coll
    boiltin cuilinn
    Urlar tom
    Nil ach punann
    He's cut down out of his father.
    As welcome as the flowers in May.
    Many hands make light work.
    Too many cooks spoil the broth.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Gorman
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Hunt
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    85
    Address
    Jamestown, Co. Leitrim