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School: Athboy (C.)

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Athboy, Co. Meath
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Brighid, Bean Uí Mhácháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0696, Page 416

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    fiction.
    I am no man's man or no mans master.
    Nessity has no law.
    Saying and doing are two different things.
    A penny for your thoughts.
    A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.
    Burn everything that comes from England except the coal.
    God helps those who helps themselves.
    Spare the rod and spoil the child.
    A mans best friend is his pocket.
    What we have we hold.
    There are none so blind as they that wont see.
    She watches him as a cat watches a mouse.
    The eye of a master
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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
    Teresa Callaghan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Athboy, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Patrick Callaghan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Athboy, Co. Meath