School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Fethard (roll number 8903)

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1. Proverbs (continued)

   

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   Empty vessels make most noise.
   A good beginning is half the work.
   The best of goods in small parcels.
   Tis a long road that has no turn.
   If the cap fits you wear it.
   When the cat is out the mouse can dance.
   By mistakes we learn.
   A shut mouth catches no flies.
   Be busy at work, be merry at play, that is the way to be happy and gay.
   Eaten bread is soon forgotten.
   An empty house is better than a bad tenant.
   Time and tide wait for no man.
   Half a loaf is better than no bread.
   Still waters run deep.

   

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2. Proverbs

   

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   A pigs ear can never make mutton. There is no tree without a rotten branch. The more hurry the less speed. A cat likes fish but she will not wet her feet to get it.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mr M. Frehy

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Kilknockan, Co. Tipperary