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School: Tighmhanach (roll number 15715)

Location:
Tivannagh, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Mrs E. Jordan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0234, Page 364

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  1. Proverbs (continued)

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    "Too much of one thing is good for nothing."
    "Sorry late is sad repentance."
    "There is no shame in refusing them that has no shame in asking."
    "It is good to begin well but better to end well."
    "Fortune favours fools."
    "Do not ride a free horse to death."
    "A liar is daring towards God and a coward towards man."
    "It is never too late to mend."
    "A wrinkled purse, a wrinkled face."
    "For a mischievous dog a heavy log."
    "He that gathers in Summer is a wise man, but he that sleeps in the harvest causeth shame."
    "Blessings are upon the head of the just, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked."
    "The wise in heart will receive command, but the prating fool shall fall."
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Letfort
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tivannagh, Co. Roscommon