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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0949, Page 104

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    7. No morning ever lasts the whole day.
    8. A straw best shows how the wind blows.
    9. Out of debt out of denager.
    10. Don't sell your hen on a wet day.
    11. A new broom sweeps clean but the old one knows the corners best.
    12. If you have not your neighbour you have nobody.
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    13. Nothing that is worth having is won too easily.
    14. Never praise a ford till you are over.
    15.Trouble is pretty well divided.
    16. He must not tell of running that cannot go.
    17. A young twig is easier twisted than an old tree.
    18. You cannot tell from a man's clothes how much he is making, but you must look at his wife's.
    19. Have something yourself or be empty.
    20. Far away fields are green.
    19. Never buy through your ears but through your eyes.
    22. It is a long road that has no turns.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Frank Moyna
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan