School: Ráth Chormaic (C.) (roll number 1878)

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Rathcormack, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Máiréad Ní Chonchobhair
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    41. Many hands make light work.
    42. [?] is God's medicine.
    43. What can't be cured must be endured.
    44. Show me your company and I'll tell you what you are.
    45. Smooth waters run deep.
    46. Love many, trust few, but always paddle your own canoe.
    47. There is no cure for death.
    48. The nearer the church the farther from God.
    49. The straw shows the way the wind blows.
    50. He who lives by the sword dies by the sword.
    51. Nothing ventured nothing won.
    52. The horse with the greatest blemish throws his legs the highest.
    53. Health is better than wealth.
    54. Birds of one feather flock together.
    55. All is not gold that glitters.
    56. A good scatterer is a bad gatherer.
    57. Don't spur a willing horse too far.
    58. It's no use crying after spilt milk.
    59. Uneasy is the head that wears a crown.
    60. Handsome is that handsome does.
    61. The longest way round is the shortest way home.
    62. Distant hills look green.
    63. Strike the iron while it's red.
    64. Hand upon hand makes a bad stone wall built soft.
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