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School: Bláithín Íosa, Lappin (?)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1023, Page 258

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    A hungry eye sees far.
    Slow water runs deep and the devil in the bottom.
    An old thief is a good tracker.
    The old dog for the hard road and the pup for the pad.
    Hunger is good sauce.
    As mad as a march hare.
    A fool and his money are easily parted.
    When all fruit fails your welcome "haw".
    Dont bid the devil good-morrow till you meet him.
    A haw year is a braw year.
    It wasant of the stones he licked it
    Whats bred in the bone comes out in the flesh.
    For age and want, save while you may no morning sun lasts a whole day.
    He that buy the plough would thrive himself must either
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margorie Smith
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr Peter Smith
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Loughlinnan, Co. Cavan