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School: Rosmead (roll number 7212)

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Cavestown and Rosmead, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
E. Lynch
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0726, Page 131

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    1 Wide will wear, but tight will tear
    2 Two far east is west
    3 When the weather is fair of your cloak take care
    4 Throw not good money after bad
    5 The wheel that's weak is apt to creak
    6 The weaker goes to the wall
    7 Small leaks sink great ships
    8 Praise a fair day at night
    9 Ships dread fire more than water
    10 Sin is sin though it be not seen
    11 No pains no gains
    12 Little strokes fell great oaks
    13 Fortune favours fools
    14 He who pretends to be somebody else will always be found out
    15 Necessity is the mother of invention
    16 It never pays to be greater than you really are
    17 Do not pretend to dislike something which you really like
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rosie Hogg
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Crowinstown Great, Co. Westmeath