School: Carrowrile (roll number 10396)

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1. Proverbs

   

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   Many hands make light work. A good name is better than great riches. A rolling stone gathers no moss. Make the hay while the sun shines. Rome was not built in a day. A sleeping fox catches no poultry. The eye of a master will do more work than both of his hands. You cannot eat your cake and have it too. Always taking out of the meal tub and never putting in soon comes to the bottom. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. He that by the plough would thrive himself must either hold or drive.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. proverbs (~4,377)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Durcan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   13

   Address

   Carrowreilly, Co. Sligo

   Informant

   Mrs Durcan

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   48

   Address

   Carrowreilly, Co. Sligo

2. Proverbs

   

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   1 Those that go a borrowing go a sorrowing.
   2 Every little bit added to what you get. Makes just a little bit more.
   Every little bit put on the shelf. Keeps the wolf from the door.
   So save up all your pennies.

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