School: Caherelly, Grange, Kilmallock (roll number 2184)

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1. Proverbs (continued)

   

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   Proverbs.
   43. When you have a goose you will get another
   44. Where ignorance is a bliss tis a folly to be wise.
   45. Never spare for you're breakfast what you have for your supper
   46. One good look before you is better than two bad looks behind you.
   47. Spare the rod and spoil the child.
   48. Inquisitive people are never made wise.
   49. Faraway cows wear long horns.
   50. The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
   51. After a nights amusement comes a days sorrow.
   52. Happy is the bride that the sun shines on.
   53. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
   54. Short accounts makes long friends.
   55. Never swop horses while crossing a stream.
   56. Coming events cast their shadows before
   57. Nearly never wins the race.
   58. Necessity does everything well.
   59. March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb
   60. Laugh and the world laughs at you
   61. Its never too late to mend
   62. Where there is an if there's a want.
   63. Necessity is the mother of adventure.
   64. Truth is stronger than fiction
   65. Listen to the sound of the river and you'll get fish
   66. Enough is as good as a feast

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. proverbs (~4,377)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mrs Breen

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   65

   Address

   Caherelly, Co. Limerick