1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Ráth na mBeach

School: Ráth na mBeach (roll number 17129)

Location:
Rathnamagh, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
R. Ó Gallchobhair
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0148, Page 379

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0148, Page 379

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Ráth na mBeach
  2. XML Page 379
  3. XML “Wise Sayings”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Wise Sayings

    Share Share Post
    Wise sayings
    A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
    A stitch in time saves nine.4A watched kettle never boils.
    A half a loaf is better than no bread.
    Give him an inch and he wants nine miles.
    A woman's mouth often broke her nose.
    Spare the rod and spoil the child.
    The longest way round is the shortest way home.
    The farther from the chapel the nearer to God. The nearer the chapel the farther from God.
    The day of the wind is not the day for the scollop.
    A good work never broke a tooth.
    When the cat is out the mouse can play.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Gáinley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockaskeehaun, Co. Mayo