School: Tulach Ruacháin

Location:
Tulrohaun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mícheál de Bhaldraithe
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  1. A wise man carries his coat on a fine day.
    As long as the fox goes he is caught at last. A little story is told about the cure fox. A boy who once stole a pencil on another boy and he thought that the other boy would not know it. As last the young boy found it out and the cute boy was ashamed of himself.
    Time and tide waits for no man.
    The bit the monkey writes he can read it.
    Green are the hills far away.
    A person never spends his money before he gets it.
    Where there is a will there is a way.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs Murphy
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female