School: Ardrahan, Mainistir Ó dTórna (roll number 13167)

Location:
Ardrahan, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhonnabháin
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    A whistling woman and a crowing hen there is not luck or grace in the house they are in.
    "Happy is the bride that the sun shines on
    Happy is the corpse that the rain rains on"
    Eaten bread is soon forgotten
    Breeding beats feeding
    The longest way round is the shortest way home.
    Curses like chickens come home to roost.
    Live horses and you'll get grass.
    A bad workman quarrels with the tools.
    Self praise is no praise.
    Youth must have its fling.
    Two heads are better than one.
    Every fool laughs at his own folly.
    Put a beggar in horseback and he'll ride to the devil.
    Butter to butter is no kitchen.
    Clean dirt is no poison.
    On seeing the new moon the following rhyme is said
    "I see the moon and the moon sees me,
    God bless the moon and God bless me
    Grace in the kitchen, grace in the hall
    And the grace of God about us all"
    In describing the coldness of the weather it is said, "It would freeze the nose of a brass monkey" or "it would perish the Danes"
    Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Daniel Costello
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    61
    Address
    Kilgulbin West, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Michael Moriarty
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    72
    Address
    Kilgulbin West, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mrs Anne Costello
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Ballysheen, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mrs M. Slattery
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    73
    Address
    Kilgulbin West, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mrs T. O' Connor
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    70
    Informant
    Mrs W. O' Connor
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    60
    Address
    Kilgulbin West, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Ned Dowling
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    75
    Address
    Kilgulbin East, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Patrick J Nolan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Informant
    Tomas Lawlor
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Sackville, Co. Kerry