School: Áth Treasna (C.) (roll number 16648)
- Location:
- Newmarket, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Mhurthile
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"Difficulty is a severe instruction"
"Nothing is more like an honest man than a rascel"
"He that has a head of wax must not walk in the sun"
"Dont talk all the talk or eat all the meat"
"Men are as old as they feel women are as old as they seem"
"The cruellest lies are often told in silence"
"A fault mender is better than a fault finder"
"The greater the fool the better the dancer"
"The deed is everything the fame is nothing"
"The wind in one's face makes one wise"
"Character is simply a habit long continued"
"Put your hand quickly to your hat and slowly to your purse"
- Collector
- Máire T. Ní Conail
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Island, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs John O' Connell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Island, Co. Cork
