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School: Baile na Carraige, Cill Díoma (roll number 11295)

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Ballynacarriga, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Gríobhtha
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    opportunity.
    (9) Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.
    (10) True Glory lies in noble deed.
    (11) Frame your mind to mirth and merriment, which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life.
    (12) Bare walls make bad housekeepers.
    (13) Never change the old for the new.
    (14) A new broom sweeps clean.
    (15) Charity begins at home.
    (16) The longest road has an end and the dearest friends must part.
    (17) T'is a long road that hasnt a turn.
    (18) Smooth water runs deep.
    (19) Empty cans makes the most noise.
    (20) The windy day is not the day for the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Pat Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    67
    Address
    Pallaskenry, Co. Limerick