School: Béal Átha 'n Fheadha (B.)

Location:
Ballina, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
D. P. Ó Cearbhaill
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    "The things we do and the things done to us are seldom weighed in the same scales"
    "He's bursting with intelligence but he knows nothing"
    "He was tied to his mother's apron strings. She made a man of him at twelve and a boy of him the rest of his life"
    "If the oak is out before the Ash
    Twill be a summer of wet & splash ;
    But if the Ash is before the Oak,
    Twill be a summer of fire and smoke"
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English