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School: Caitrín Naomhtha, Eachdhruim (roll number 14423)

Location:
Aughrim, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Ceocháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0029, Page 0373

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    There are as good fish in the sea as ever were caught.
    The heaviest car of corn hangs it's head the lowest.
    An empty bag will not stand upright.
    He who fights and runs away will live to fight another.
    A good run is better than a bad stand.
    One tale is good 'till another is told.
    If you do not sow in Spring, you will not reap in harvest.
    It is easier to fall than to rise.
    Be swift to learn and slow to speak.
    A year of sloes is a sorrowful, a year of haws is a good year.
    If the cuckoo sings on a leafless thorn, sell your cow and buy corn.
    Marry in haste and repent at
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bertie Mannion
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Fairfield, Co. Galway