School: Sruth Nua

Location:
Ardnacally, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tomás de Brún
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    Proverbs
    Two head is better than one
    Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy and wise
    Many hands with light work
    Experience makes perfect
    Where there is a will there is a way
    All that glitters is not gold
    An old broom sweeps clean but an old one scrubs better
    Birds of one feather flock together
    I have heard and by experience found that an empty barrels make greatest sounds
    A man without learning wearing good clothes is like
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Christina Fahy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Robeen, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Fahy
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Robeen, Co. Mayo