School: Rahan (roll number 9096)
- Location:
- Raithean, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Máire Ní Cholmáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0370, Page 024
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- "Marry a mountainy woman and you will marry the mountain."
"God is nearer than the door."
"Love many - trust few always paddle your own canoe."
"Others in distress make troubles all the less."
"A man fights while his wife weeps."
"The fox never sent out a better messengar than himself."
"A burned candle dies."
"One years seeding is worth nine yers weeding."
- Collector
- Maura Mc Court
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mala, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Court
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mala, Co. Chorcaí
- "Hard upon hard makes a bad stone
"Better alone than in bad company."
"Its no good admiring bread in another man's window."
"The leaprecan is still in the district." this is said if there is a person in the district who pretends to have no money but when he needs it has plenty.
"The young might but the old must."
"A cobbler is always dearer than a shoe."
"The door to success is always marked."(continues on next page)
