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School: Cluain Mín, Malla (roll number 4448)

Location:
Clonmeen North, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Maurice Meade
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0362, Page 090

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    The following proverbs I have heard are as follows:-
    1.
    Half a loaf is better than no bread.
    2.
    He who has the one eye can see the better for it.
    3.
    A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
    4.
    He who laughs best laughs last.
    5.
    He who goes aboring goes asorrowing.
    6.
    Better wear out shoes than sheets.
    7.
    One year's seeding is nine year's weeding.
    8.
    A place for everything and everything in its proper place.
    9.
    A use for everything and everything to its proper use.
    10.
    A stitch in time saves nine.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Biddy Connell
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr Owen Halloran
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    71
    Occupation
    Tailor
    Address
    Gortmore, Co. Cork