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School: Adare Convent (roll number 9296)

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Adare, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
An tSr. Mechtildes
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0505, Page 151

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  1. Proverbs (continued)

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    bird.
    Talk of the devil and he will appear.
    Wilful waste makes woeful want.
    When the cat is away the mice will play.
    Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
    He is a wise man that speaks little.
    Never fish in troubled waters.
    Help the lame dog over the stile.
    Still waters run deep.
    As the old cock crows the young cock learns.
    The longest way round is the shortest way home.
    Vessels large may venture more.
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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
    Pauline Mc Carthy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Adare, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Kate Houlihan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    93
    Address
    Adare, Co. Limerick