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

Location:
Ardrahan, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhonnabháin
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    Marry on Monday for health
    " " Tuesday " wealth
    " " Wednesday - no day at all
    " " Thursday for crosses
    " " Friday " losses
    " " Saturday - worst day of all
    Monday's child is fair of face
    Tuesday's " " full of grace
    Wednesday's " " loving and giving
    Thursday's " has to work for its living
    Friday's " is full of woe
    Saturday's " has far to go
    Sunday's " is bright and bonny and good and gay
    When describing a stout person it is often said he is Beef to the heels like a Mullingar heifer.
    When describing a melancholy person "A face as long as a wet week"
    When speaking of a small quantity of food given to a person it is "Like a daisy in a bull's mouth"
    In describing a gay light-hearted person "As airy as the back of a fiddle"
    As wrong as Moll Bell
    Short and sweet like a donkey's trot
    Out of the frying pan into the fire
    Between the devil and the deep sea
    When speaking of a weak person it is said "So weak he couldn't pull a herring off the tongs"
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    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