School: Ballycastle Boys' (roll number 14290)

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1. Proverbs (Locally)

   

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   1) "Ní h-é lá na gaoithe lá na sgoilb"

   2) "Is fearr go mall na go bráth"

   3) "Tá iasg san bhfairrge chomh mait is Gabhadh riamh

   4) "Is fearr sláinte ná or"

   5) "Dólfaidh sé an t-Sionnain"

   6) "Is minic an uair a bhí srón fír

   7) "Céárd a bhfeiceann an leanbh deánfaidh an leanbh

   
   8) "Set a beggar on horse-back and he will go to the Devil"

   9) "One man's meat is another mans poison

   10) "Every man thinks his own crow the whitest".

   11) "Early to bed and early to rise make a man healthy wealthy and wise"

   12) "A stitch in time saves nine"

   13) "Wilful waste makes woeful want".

   14) "Not all that are married can keep good houses".

   15) "Of all trades going begging is the best for when a man is tired he can sit down and rest".

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. proverbs (~4,377)

   Languages

   Irish

   English

   Collector

   John Lenihan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballycastle, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Mrs Polke

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   63

   Address

   Ballinglen, Co. Mayo