School: Béal an Dá Chab (roll number 14225)
- Location:
- Ballydehob, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Risteárd O Lighin
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The good hurler is always sitting on the ditch.
A stitch in time saves nine.
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A rainbow at morning is the shepherd's warning, a rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight.
A good name is better than gold.
The straw shows how the wind blows.
There is many a slip between the cup and the lip.
It is many an ill which does not blow someone good.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
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- Vincent Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballydehob, Co. Cork