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School: Newtown, Borris

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Newtown, Co. Carlow
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Tomás Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0903, Page 522

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    Plough deep while others sleep and you shall have corn to sell and to keep,
    Silence is golden,
    Actions speak louder than words,
    Blood is thicker than water,
    Have it yourself or be without it,
    Win gold and wear it,
    What's got light goes light,
    Beggars cant be choosers,
    Practice what you preach,
    Hunger is good sauce,
    Necessity is the mother of invention,
    Long threating comes at last,
    Obedience is better than sarcifice,
    Its better be merry than sad,
    What's got bad goes bad,
    Curiosity killed the cat,
    Patience is a virtue have it if you can always in a woman but never in a man,
    Its a bad old hen that is not able to scratch for herself,
    Lay by all scraps and fragments they will come in use in ten years,
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Collector
    Rosanna Mac Donald
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coolyhune, Co. Carlow
    Informant
    Thomas Mac Donald
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Address
    Coolyhune, Co. Carlow