School: Áth Treasna (C.) (roll number 16648)

Location:
Newmarket, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Mhurthile
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  1. 1/ Keep your mind to yourself like Jer Toomeys bonham's
    2. The same again that made Mary Scanlan drunk.
    3. Beware of the woman of long prayers
    4. Little Pictures have long ears
    5. Praise a fair day at night
    6. One good turn deserves another.
    7. Out of debt out of danger
    8 Straw shows how the wind blows
    9. Two hands are better than one.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire T. Ní Dhálaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Newmarket, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Miss K. J. Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Newmarket, Co. Cork
  2. PINE MARTINS. There are a few pine martins in the Island wood. They are a brown colour. They very much resemble a cat but they have a face like a fox. They kill fowl and rabbits. There skin is very valuable. They keep the same path and they jump from tree to tree. The Alworth
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      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eibhlín Ní Conchubar
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Island, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr Eugene O' Connor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Island, Co. Cork