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School: Ceathrú an Chalaidh

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Brian Mac Aodhgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0088, Page 361

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    the ground
    As thin as a match.
    You can't knock blood out of a turnip.
    Three sheets in the wind. (said when a person is more than hald drunk.
    There is many a slip between the cup and lip.
    A penny often lost a pound.
    Apples will grow again.
    There is no smoke without a fire.
    You can guess eggs when you see shells.
    One swallow never made a summer.
    You are never sude of the bit you put in your mouth.
    You don't miss the water till the well runs dry.
    Mind the pence, and shillings and the pounds will mind themselves.
    No sooner said than done.
    A penny in the tavern is easily spent. But keep it at home and
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ena Ní Cheallaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Collector
    Mairtín Ó Riagáin
    Gender
    Male
    Collector
    Prionsias Ní Mhóráin
    Gender
    Female
    Collector
    Tomas de Stonduin
    Gender
    Male
    Collector
    Tomás Mac Giobúin
    Gender
    Male
    Collector
    Treasa Ingham
    Gender
    Female