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1. Seanfhocail (continued)

   

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   Misfortune seldom comes alone Look before you leap Necessity is the mother of invention False friends are worse than open enemies Half loaf is better than no bread He who goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing It is a sad heart that never rejoices Waste not, want not Do as you would be done by All that glitters is not gold

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2. Seanfhocail

   

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   Mair a chapaill agus gheobhair féar

   Is fearr focail sa chúirt ná púnt sa sparán

   Ní hé lá na gaoithe lá na sgoilb

   Níl aon teinteán mar theinteán féin

   
   An rud a cuirtear san Earrach baintear san bhFoghmhar é

   
   Is mairig a labharann go teann

   
   A closed mouth catches no fly
   A rolling stone gathers no moss
   A stitch in time saves nine
   The longer you live the more you see

   
   A wise old owl sat on an oak, the "more he saw the less he spoke the more he heard why cant' we all be like that bird

   
   Where the sun does not enter the doctor does

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