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School: Athboy (C.)

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Athboy, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brighid, Bean Uí Mhácháin
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    "Never speak too soon."
    "Penny wise, pound foolish."
    "Little said is easy mended."
    "Time or tide waits for no man."
    "Better to go to bed supperless than to rise in debt."
    "There's seldom smoke without a fire."
    "Never put off till tomorrow what can be done today."
    "It's too late to shut the stable door when the steed is gone."
    "Never lose the ship for the sake of a penny worth of tar."
    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
    Bernadette Mc Hale
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Martinstown, Co. Meath
    Informant
    James Mc Connell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Martinstown, Co. Meath