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School: The Rower (C.), Inistioge (roll number 15161)

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The Rower, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Labhaoise Nic Liam
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0847, Page 232

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    "From the frying pan into the fire."
    "Eaten bread is soon forgotten."
    "Fools and their money are soon parted."
    "Far away hills look green."
    "Once a man and twice a child."
    "Fine feathers make fine birds."
    "Birds of the wan feather all flock together."
    "Fair and easy goes too far in the day."
    "A full sack wont bend."
    "Never shout until you are out of the wood."
    "A dead man tells no tales."
    "The longest way round is the shortest way home."
    "You cannot keep a good man down."
    "When boys have money they think they are men when the money is gone they are boys again.
    "There is never smoke without a fire."
    "For want of nails the shoe
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nellie Grace
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Grace
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    55
    Address
    Raheenduff, Co. Kilkenny