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School: Gort na mBó (roll number 14418)

Location:
Bofield, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Laoghaire
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    15/ A good beginning is half the work.
    16/ A barking dog doesn't bite.
    17/ Better to wear out shoes than sheets.
    18/ Better is an ass that carries you, than a horse that throws you.
    19/ Bend the twig, and bend the tree.
    20/ Be old when young, that you may be young when old.
    21. Bacherors' wives and maidens' children are well trained.
    22/ Before you marry, be sure of a house wherein to tarry.
    23/ Between two stools we come to the groun.
    24/ Beg from a beggar, and you'll never be rich
    25/ Children and fools should not handle edge tools.
    26/ Cleave a log according to the grain.
    27/ Curiosity kills the cat.
    28/ Clean dirt is no poison.
    29/ Debt is the worst kind of poverty.
    30/ Do not ride a free horse to death.
    31/ Don't count your chickens until they are
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Norah Meer
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bofield, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Annie Meer
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bofield, Co. Mayo