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School: Swanzy Memorial N. S. (roll number 10428)

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Moville, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Eilis F. Ní Stiobháird
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1120, Page 168

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    birds.
    Faithful service should be long remembered.
    Pride goes before a fall.
    Necessity is the mother of invention.
    People are judged by the company they keep.
    Figure has not always facts.
    A coward cannot be urged into courage.
    Unity is strength.
    Old birds cannot be caught with chaff.
    Better a certain enemy than a doubtful friend.
    Live and let live.
    Thoughtless friends are often a nuisance.
    Let well alone.
    Beware of the counsel of the unfortunate.
    Persuasion is better than force
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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
    Jim Smith
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Balleeghan, Co. Donegal