School: Trentagh (roll number 16331)
- Location:
- Treantagh, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: M. Nic Pheadair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1084, Page 074
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- Proverbs.1 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
2 He that sows in Spring shall reap in Autumn.
3 Idle dogs worry sheep.
- Collector
- May Harley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Treantagh, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mrs Mary Harley
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 47
- Address
- Treantagh, Co. Donegal
- Proverbs.
1 It is an ill wind that blows nobody good.
2 A penny saved is a penny gained.
3 A straw best shows which way the wind blows.
4 God never closes one gap but He opens another.
5 Never buy a pig in a poke.
