School: Breac-chluain
- Location:
- Brackloon South, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Liam Mac Gabhann
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- (continued from previous page)Never send a boy on a man's errand.
Once when a bridegroom was sitting down to a wedding feast he stumbled over the leg of a chair. Then as he was tasting the tea he burned his tongue. After the meal was over, when he was asked what he liked best, at the table he said, "The roast duck was the thing I liked best."
Then he was told to
"Look before you leap,
Taste before you sup,
And choose a maiden before a duck."
"When whiskey is in the sense is out.
For both there isn't room.
Leave whiskey our and then your snout
Will keep its natural bloom."
- A long churning makes bad butter.
Time enough lost the ducks.
Rising late you must gallop all day.
Learning and manners are constant companions.
Learn to live as you wish to die. - Collector
- Bridie Fahey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gorteen More, Co. Mayo
- The cock crows but the hen delivers the goods.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Smooth water runs deep.(continues on next page) - Collector
- May Freely
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derrynacong, Co. Mayo
