School: Lios Béalad, Dún Mánmhaí (roll number 11715)
- Location:
- Lisbealad, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Conchobhar Ó Héigcearrtaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0303, Page 377
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- (continued from previous page)15 A friend in need is a friend indeed. 16 A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. 17 Praise youth and it will shine. 18 Unity is strength.
- The old people in this district have a lot of old sayings. Some of them are:- 1 A stitch in times saves nine. 2 Never let until tomorrow what you can do today. 3 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 4 Hills far off look green. 5 As the tree is inclined so shall it fall. 6 Barking dogs seldom bite. 7 A friend in need is a friend indeed. 8 The nearer the bone the sweeter the meat. 9 The longest way around is the nearest way home. 10 Time and tide wait for no one.
- 1 Work is better than talk. 2 Your pocket is your friend. 3 Fine feathers make fine birds. 4 Dead with tea and dead without it. 5 Lie with the land and rise with the bird 6 A full pocket makes a lighter(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Hegarty
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Margaret Hegarty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drinagh East, Co. Cork
