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