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School: Cillín

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Killeen, Co. Mayo
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Pádraic Ó Hubáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0140, Page 581

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    What the old cat does the young cat learns.
    An old cat never burned himself

    Feiceann cú gearr a locht

    Keep a thing within seven years and throw it out if you do not get business of it.
    A long laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures in a doctors book

    Pós bean an sléibhe agus posann tú an sliabh.
    An té bhíonns ag magadh bíonn a leath faoi féin.

    Sé do mhac indiu acht sí ingean
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    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Informant
    John Healy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Moyny, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Maggie Tighe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Muingrevagh, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Munnelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Muingrevagh, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Peter Doherty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockaun, Co. Mayo