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

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1. Old Sayings (continued)

   

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   Children and fools may not see a work that is half done.
   Clouds afar look black or gay but closely seen they are all grey.
   A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
   A drunken man ish speaks a sober mind
   A good name is better than great riches
   Wise men and fools cannot work without tools.
   Handsome is who handsome does.
   A new broom sweeps clean but the old one has swept the longest.
   Do not take an offense from a stranger and give it to a friend.
   Do not deceive yourself into thinking that by plucking the petals off the flowers you can make fruit to hasten before its time.
   Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage.
   What can't be cured must be endured.
   Where wealth accumuliates health decays
   Whats bred in the bone comes out in the flesh
   The horse dies while the man grows
   An oz. of provision is better than a lb. of

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. proverbs (~4,377)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Máire Ní Caomhanáigh

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Parkeel, Co. Roscommon