School: Na Tearmoinn (B.) (roll number 8931)
- Location:
- Tarmon East, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cathaláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0403, Page 389
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- (continued from previous page)kinds of potatoes there, namely Arranbanners, Kirrs-Pink, Flounders, and May Queens. The Kirrs-Pink grow best in our district and potatoes are often used as starch.
- One bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Many hands make light work.
Empty vessels make the most noise.
He who grasps too much looses all.
A stitch in time saves nine.
As busy as a hen at a bag of oats.
There is no fire side like your own fire side.
As red as a coal of fire. - Collector
- John Culhane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tarmon West, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Mrs Lizzie Culhane
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Tarmon West, Co. Kerry
Proverbs
“If you will keep a thing for seven years you will find use for it.”
If you will keep a thing for seven years you will find use for it.(continues on next page)
