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1. Proverbs (continued)

   

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   "live horse and you will get grass"
   "It is hard to put an old head on young shoulders"
   "Time and patience would bring an snail to Dublin"
   "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth"
   "The men in China propose and the women hakes him stick to it"
   "Facts alone are wanted in life"
   "A word earnest is as good as a speech"
   "A burent child soon dreads the fire"
   "A watch pot seldom boils"
   "A friend indeed is a friend to feed
   "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy"
   "You can't whistle and chew meal"
   "Long churning makes bad butter"
   "Fools build houses for wise men to live in"
   "The early bird picks the early worm"
   "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy and wise"
   "Beggars can not be choosers
   "Birds of a feather flocks together"
   "If you are strong be mercifull"
   "Honey is sweet but don't lit it off a briar"
   "You can't hunt a bird out of a bush that he is not in"

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Philip Kearns

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Moher, Co. Cavan