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School: Cill Díoma (C.) (roll number 6517)

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Kildimo, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Eilís Ní Chathail
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    The darkest hour comes before dawn.
    What the ear will not hear will not trouble the heart.
    Set a thief, to catch a thief.
    If you have only a goat be in the middle of the fair with him.
    Every beginner is weak.
    It is a bad thing that is not worth whistling for.
    A wise man is wrong sometimes, a fool never.
    The best hurler, is always on the ditch.
    A tinker's wife and a tailor's wife never agree.
    Marry a mountain woman and you will marry the mountain.
    'Tis a bad priest that has no clerk.
    The early bird catches the worm.
    It is better to be alone than with bad company.
    There is a slippery flag at every hall door.
    You will never miss the water 'till the well runs dry.
    The beginning of a shower is a mist.
    Everyone has his own story.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Aine O Shea
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyvareen, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    William O' Shea
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    47
    Address
    Ballyvareen, Co. Limerick