School: Mullach na Sídhe (C.) (roll number 15426)

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Fairymount, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhubhthaigh
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ruth Ní Gadhra
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lissacurkia, Co. Roscommon
  2. A glutton lives to eat, a wise man eats to live
    Coming events cast their shadows before.
    Courage is half the battle
    What you wont see, wont sicken you.
    What you wont hear wont trouble you.
    The mob are ever pleased with variety.
    Property has its duties as well as its rights.
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