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School: Drom Mór (C.), Beantraí (roll number 13096)

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Dromore, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Sibéal Bean Uí Dhrioscoil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0294, Page 132

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  3. XML “The Local Forges”
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  1. The Local Forges (continued)

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    Near this forge is a river crossed by a bridge. The third forge is owned by Mr. Charlie Hegarty who lives two miles in a southerly direction from Patsie Hayes forge. This forge is situated in Glouncuggar.
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  2. Proverbs

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    1. A stitch in time saves nine.
    2. make hay while the sun Shines.
    3. Beauty never boils the pot.
    4. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
    5. Honesty is the best policy.
    6. Hunger is the best sauce.
    7. Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy wealthy and wise.
    8. A woman is better than a fortune.
    9. No morning sun lasts the whole day.
    10. After a storm comes a calm.
    11. Listen to the sound of the river and you will catch fish.
    12. Foreign cows wear long horns.
    13. The juice of a cow is good living or dead.
    14. Time is a good story teller.
    15. Work is better than talk.
    16. There is no feast till a roast, and no torment till marriage.
    17. Your son is your son to day but your daughter is your daughter for ever
    18. It is a long road that has no turning
    19. People meet but the hills and mountains do not meet.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eibhlín Ní Shúilleabháin
    Gender
    Female