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School: Cluain Tuirc (C.)

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Cloonturk, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Máire Ní Gharaidh
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    1) Vessels large may venture more but little boats must keep near shore
    2) Penny wise and pound foolish

    1) Amiability of character is more lovely than beauty of person
    2) Write injuries in dust but kindness in marble
    3) Vice may prosper for a time but it ends in misery
    4) No word is more used and less understood than happiness

    1) You cannot draw blood out of a turnip
    2) Beg from a beggar and you never will be rich
    3) Good nature is pleasanter than wit
    4) Method is the true key to business
    5) None win success who do not strive
    6) Virtue everywhere is true nobility

    1) Manners maketh the man
    2) The road to a friend's house is never long
    3) A shut mouth catches no flies
    4) Spare and you shall be bare
    Lavish and you will have plenty
    5) Better wear out shoes than sheets
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