School: Mount Talbot (roll number 14056)

Location:
Mount Talbot, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
M. Ó Héimhthigh
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  1. All the proverbs that I heard at home are:-
    "Rolling stones gather no moss".
    "A stitch in time saves nine".
    "A sleeping fox catches no poultry".
    "Never put off until tomorrow what you can do to-day".
    "Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise".
    "The darkest hour is the hour before dawn".
    On hearing a bad account of any neighbour towards whom she was not very well disposed, there was an old woman in this district who used the proverb also:-
    "To themselves it may be told".
    Séamus Ó hÉimhthigh
    Rang a cúig.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Séamus Ó hÉimhthigh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mount Talbot, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Heavey
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Mount Talbot, Co. Roscommon