School: Ardrahan, Mainistir Ó dTórna (roll number 13167)
- Location:
- Ardrahan, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhonnabháin
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- (continued from previous page)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.(continues on next page)- 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