School: Cnoc an Chláraigh, Séipéal na Carraige (roll number 14002)
- Location:
- Knockaclarig, Co. Cork
- Teacher: David Ó Ceallacháin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0356, Page 484
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- 1 A burnt child dreads the fire
2 Six old stockings make three pair and the back of the fire is the hob
3 Mar a mbionn an cainnt bionn an mna
4 What is the height of nonsense. Supping soup with a fork
5 A woman is better than a fortune
6 If you're lucky in the morning you are luck in the evening
7 A whistling woman or a crowing hen there is no luck in the house they are in
8 Never take the book by the cover
9 Think twice before you speak once
10 Consult you purse before you consult your dress
11 Cut your cloth according to your measure
12 Three stockings would make a pair and a half
13 An eye in the corner is worth twenty around the house
14 Never pull flowers by the leaves
15 Finger were made before forks
16 Legs under hens and wheels under asses
17 Three torn stockings would make vamps for a pair
18 The juice of a cow is good living or dead
19 A beth in your own ashy corner is better than looking at a mansion which is not your own(continues on next page)
