School: Rahan (roll number 9096)

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1. Proverbs

   

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   "By learning to obey we know how to command."
   "The door to success is always marked with "push"".
   "A windy day is not the day for a scalllop."
   "He who is a bad servant to himself is often a good servant to other people."
   "A good laugh and a sleep are the best cures in the Doctor's Book."
   "Borrowed horses have hard hooves."
   "You must venture to win."
   "What is not worth asking is not worth getting."

   

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2. Proverbs

   

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   "Strife is better than loneliness." "A blind man is a bad judge of colours." "Every beetle knows another of the same kind." "Beware of the slippery Sams" "It is difficult to cut wool off a goat." "There is no luck but where there is correction[?]

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bridie White

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Fiddane North, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mr Patrick White

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   c. 45

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Fiddane North, Co. Cork