School: Áth Treasna (C.) (roll number 16648)
- Location:
- Newmarket, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Mhurthile
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Wilful waste makes woeful want.
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All that glitters is not gold.
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The young should pay heed to the council of the aged.
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A man's mind is his kingdom.
27.
Suspicion haunts the guilty mind.
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He who goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.
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Fool's make feast's and wise men eat them.
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Out of sight, out of mind.
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"Be careful of the pennies and the pounds will look after them-selves."
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Those who want to reach the top must first climb the hill.
3
A bad wind that dont blow somebody good.
4
He that laughs last laughs best.
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As long as the bucket is going to the well it leaks.
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Patience and perseverance will carry a snail to Jerusalem.
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Put a little bit away for a rainy day for the sun wont always shine(continues on next page) - Collector
- Bríghid Ní Dhubhda
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coolagh, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs J. Doody
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coolagh, Co. Cork
