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School: Anglesboro (C.), Baile Mhistéala (roll number 10263)

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Anglesborough, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhonnchadha
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    (1) He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.
    (2) The used key is always bright.
    (3) Charity begins at home.
    (4) Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.
    (5) The sleeping fox catches no poultry.
    (6) The early bird catches the worm.
    (7) Keep thy shop and thy shop will keep thee.
    (8) One today is worth two tomorrow
    (9) What is home without a mother like a book without a cover
    (10) An empty house is better than a bad tenant
    (11) A small leak will sink a great ship.
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