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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Tráighlí

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Tralee, Co. Kerry
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An tSr. Proinnsias
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    a guinea pig's nose.
    12. Early to bed , early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
    13. Those who laugh last, laugh best.
    14. A bird in the (air) hand is worth two in the bush.
    15. The early bird gets the best worm.
    16. Honesty is the best policy
    17. Time and tide wait for no man.
    18. Look before you leap.
    19 Its better to be sure than sorry.
    20. Sow early and reap early.
    21. Never too late to learn.
    22. Better too late than ever.
    23. The longer you live the more you learn.
    24. When poverty comes in the door love flies out
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Caitlín Ní Súilleabháin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballygarran, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Tomás Ó Súilleabháin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballygarran, Co. Kerry