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School: Mc Kelvey's Grove (roll number 9130)

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Loughbrattoge, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Eva Campbell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0942, Page 333

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    When beggars get on horseback they ride very fast.
    A constant drop wears a hole in a stone.
    What you never had you never lost.
    It is a good horse that never stumbles and a good wife that never grumbles.
    A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
    While you are in debt you are in danger.
    Better with a fire that will warm you than one that will burn you.
    Blood is thicker than water.
    Nature binds the meal to the pot stick.
    It is always the rotten rib breaks first.
    It takes money to make the mare go.
    A blind man is a bad judge of colours.
    A bad cow is better than none.
    A clean want before a dirty supper.
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    Topics
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ruby Hunter
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Mullyash, Co. Monaghan