School: Clochar na Toirbhirte

Location:
Lismore, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Sr M. Gráinne
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  1. 1. Time nor tide will wait for nobody
    2. Grass grows and water runs.
    3. While there is a cross on an ass.
    4. I shall not forget, that from hand to mouth they live.
    5. Where there is cleanliness there is health.
    6. Rain in June is worth a silver spoon.
    7. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
    8. Make hay while the sun shines.
    9. Where there is a will there is a way.
    10. Waste not want not.
    11. Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ann O' Farrell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ashbourne House, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Miss T. O' Farrell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ashbourne House, Co. Waterford