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School: Altóir, Tuar Mór, An Sciobairín (roll number 12071)

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Altar, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Henry Evanson
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0287, Page 285

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    23. The longer you live the more you learn.
    24. True love never runs smooth.
    25. The younger the chickens the sweeter the picking.
    26. Birds of a feather flock together.
    27. The longest way around is the shortest way home.
    28. Foreign cows wear long horns.
    29. The best of friends must part.
    30. The longest day will have an end.
    31. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
    32. Young a gambler, old a beggar.
    33. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
    34. It is not the noisiest that bears the most hard labour.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Harriette Sweetnam
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cove, Co. Cork