School: Clover Hill (roll number 13262)
- Location:
- Lios Uí Ghealáin, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhaoilealaigh
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- (continued from previous page)8. "You can bring the horse to the pond but you can't make him drink."
9. "Many hands make light work."
10. "Kind words cost nothing."
11. "Look before you leap."
12. "Don't count your chickens until they are hatched."
13. "Don't send a boy on a man message."
14. "All bad work men fault their tools."
15. "God never closes a gap but he opens another."
16. "Silence gives consent."
17. "A bad dog that is not worth whistling for."
18. "A shut mouth catches no flies."
Olive Raftery,
Cloverhill N.S.
Roscommon.
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- Collector
- Nellie Burke
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr Tom Burke
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 53
- Address
- Lios Uí Ghealáin, Co. Ros Comáin