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School: Drom Mór (C.), Beantraí (roll number 13096)

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Dromore, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Sibéal Bean Uí Dhrioscoil
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    20. Lie with the lamb and rise with the bird.
    21. Strife is better than loneliness.
    22. A blind man is a bad judge of colour.
    23. A fool and his money are soon parted.
    24. Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves
    25. The man on the ditch is a good hurler.
    26. Courage is half the battle.
    27. Luck favours the brave.
    28. Oppression makes a wise man mad.
    29. Opposition is the life of trade.
    30. (On a cold day it is said) Fire is better than food.
    31. Every old stocking meets an old shoe.
    32. There is nothing to beat breeding.
    33. Look before you leap.
    34. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
    35. Speech is silver, silence is golden.
    36. many are called, but few are chosen.
    37. Never take the book by the cover.
    38. Many hands make light work.
    39. Its never too late to learn.
    40. Better late than never.
    41. Gods help is nearer than the door.
    42. It is too late to spair when all is spent.
    43. You will never learn for the first time.
    44. Between two stools we come to the ground.
    45. A lie has many legs
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eibhlín Ní Shúilleabháin
    Gender
    Female