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   Contributed by Desmond McCrum, Sth Commons 1. The pitcher that goes to the well oftenest comes home at last broken. 2. Treat everyone as a thief and you will never be cheated. 3. The fox run but is caught at last. 4. The day you lend you lose a friend. 5. Once bitten, twice shy. 6. Look before you leap. 7. Eaten food is soon forgotten. 8. The mind is father of the thought.

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

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Desmond Mc Crum

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Commons, Co. Louth

2. Proverbs

   

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   Contributed by Kevin Murphy, Dundalk Rd.
   1. What is natural is not wonderful.
   2. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
   3. Your pocket is your best friend.
   4. There are always two sides to a story.
   5. Your son is your son today, but your daughter is your daughter for ever.
   6. Fine feathers make fine birds.
   7. Don't desert your freinds for your own share.
   8. The person is the clothes.
   9. Unity is strength.
   10. The thing that is reared is not wonderful.
   11. United we stand, divided we fall.

   

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