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"You'll never plough a field by turning it over in your mind."

Posted by Pamela on January 09, 2007

In Reply to: "You'll never plough a field by turning it over in your mind." posted by Diana on January 08, 2007

: I'm looking for the origin of the saying "You'll never plough a field by turning it over in your mind."

Everywhere I've looked says: "Old Irish proverb" and "author unknown". Perhaps someone else will be able to tell you. (Doesn't sound that old to me, though, for some reason). Pamela

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