School: Fothar (roll number 16903)

Location:
Faugher, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Bláthnaid Ní Fhannghaile
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    The fox runs long but is caught at last.
    Empty vessels make most sound.
    Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and nobody wants you.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Frances Mc Nulty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knocknafaugher, Co. Donegal
  3. All is not gold that glitters.
    The long road is always the near-way.
    Praise the young boy and he will come.
    Food is better than sense.
    It is not the big men cut the harvest.
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