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School: Gurteen (roll number 586)

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Gurteen, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Richard B. Bracken
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0530, Page 300D

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    There are a great number of proverbs in district which are as follows:-
    "A clean fast is better than a dirty breakfast".
    "A stitch in time saves nine".
    "You will never miss the water 'till the well runs dry".
    "Honesty is the best policy".
    "An apple a day keeps the doctor away".
    "it is a strait that has no turn".
    "Keep your shop, your shop will keep you".
    "The last straw breaks the horse's back".
    "A woman is better than a fortune".
    "There can be no smoke without a fire".
    "A rolling stone gathers no moss".
    "After a storm comes a calm".
    Early to bed and early to rise makes a man,healthy, wealthy, and wise."
    "A watch pot never boils".
    "Idle dogs worry sheep".
    "Rise with the lark and with him to bed".
    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
    James King
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Lord's Park, Co. Tipperary