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School: Ballivor (roll number 9380)

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Ballivor, Co. Meath
Teacher:
T. Ua Conmhidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0694, Page 291

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    devil.
    159. It's all the same, but different.
    160. Blood is thicker than water.
    161. Dont shoot, with your hand in the bear's mouth.
    162. Gentlemen's flags are slippy.
    163. Kill the two birds, with the one stone.
    164. The three things you should not depend on:-
    A hound's tooth.
    A horses heel.
    And a gentleman's word.
    165.
    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