School: Islandanny (roll number 5748/9)

Location:
Rea, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Chatháin

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Proverbs

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0406, Page 500

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Every stocking meets its own shoe.

One man can take a horse to water but twenty men could not make him drink it.
The juice of the cow is good dead or alive.
Time is a good story-teller.
There is no feast like a roast and no torment like marriage.
Your pocket is your friend.
"The person is the Clothes". Clothes make the person.
It is lonely to be empty.

Informant
Eiblin Brosnan
Gender
female
Address
Rea, Co. Kerry
Language
English