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   23.
   Never too late to mend.
   24.
   Rome was not built in a day.
   25
   Seldom seen much admired
   26.
   A new broom sweeps clean
   27.
   Better late than never.
   28.
   It is hard for an empty bag to stand or a dead cat to walk.
   29.
   A burned child dreads the fire.
   30.
   Clean dirt is no poison.
   31.
   Where there are women there is talk
   32.
   Dead men tell no tales.
   33.
   Doctors differ and patients die.
   34
   There are hopes from the ocean but none from the grave
   35.
   A fat kitchen makes a lean will.
   36.
   Better to die than ever to lie
   37.
   A woman's tongue is nearer than her apron.
   38.
   A stitch in time saves nine.
   39.
   Your friend is your pocket.
   40.
   Empty vessels make most sound.
   41.
   It is not the strong men that reap the harvest
   42.
   Praise the youth and it will come.
   43.
   Still waters run deep
   44
   Fast bind, fast find
   45.
   Too many cooks spoil the broth.
   46.
   Never take the horse- shoe from the door.
   47.
   Every beginning is weak.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mr Humphrey Cronin

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   58

   Occupation

   Labourer

   Address

   Island-dahill, Co. Cork