School: Muine an Mheadha

Location:
Monivea, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádraic S. Ó hÓbáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0079, Page 019

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  1. Pass no remarks and you will get no insult.
    Better late than never.
    Health is better than wealth.
    When a person gets a new suit of clothes and a person meeting them says "well wear".
    One look before you is better than two behind you.
    On May morning before the sun rises people put duck eggs in the drills of potatoes and say "In the name of the devil from hell", come up take these potatoes and set them free.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Delia Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Michael Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    96
    Address
    Ballyskeagh, Co. Galway