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School: Mungraid (B.) Luimneach (roll number 14409)

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Mungret, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Mrs B. Mulroy
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    As sweet as a nut.
    A bright eye sees far.
    As tough as a gad.
    It will be all the same in a hundred years from now.
    My face is my fortune.
    After a storm comes a calm.
    Take the ball on the hop.
    Exchange is no robbery.
    Hunger is the best sauce.
    Win gold and wear it.
    Let the dead rest.
    Doing nothing doing ill.
    A used key is always bright.
    Muddy water soon runs clear.
    No sooner said than done.
    Speak of angels and they shall appear.
    A closed mouth catches no flies.
    A straw best shows how the wind blows.
    Do not rust out wear out.
    As fair as a lily.
    As stiff as a poker.
    No child no laugh no cry.
    What you reap in Harvest you sow in Spring.
    The juice of a cow is good dead or a live.
    There is no feast till a roast and no torment till marriage.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr Michael Canning
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Ballykeeffe, Co. Limerick