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School: Bun

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Bun, Co. Offaly
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C. Ní Mhaolghuala
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0817, Page 236

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0817, Page 236

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    storyteller.
    11. Your pocket is your friend.
    12. Cows from over the seas have long horns.
    13. Lie with the lamb and rise with the bird.
    14. A new brush sweep clean
    15. A roling stone catches no moss.
    16. An empty sack doesnt stand.
    17. Fine feathers make fine birds.
    18. If the cap suits you wear it
    19. Work is better than talk.
    20. All is not gold that glitters.
    21. To much of one thing is good for nothing
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maggie Guinan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lumcloon, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Mrs Guinan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lumcloon, Co. Offaly