School: Leath-árdán
- Location:
- Lahardaun, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máirtín Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0150, Page 96
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- 1. Don't praise or dispraise yourself.
2. It is not a secret if three knows it.
3. It is not a shame to be poor.
4. It is better to keep your mouth closed.
5. The day of the wind is not the day for the scolphs
6. Hunger is good sauce.
7. The hills are green far away.
8. God's help is nearer than the door.
9. A good beginning is half the work.
10. It the big men that always cuts the harvest.
11. A stitch in time saves nine.
12. A good word never broke a tooth.
13. A borrowed horse has hard hooves.
14. Time or tide waits for no man.
15. Don't count your chicken till they are hatched.
16. The early bird catches the early bird.
- Collector
- Bridgie Tolan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyduffy, Co. Mayo
