School: Cnoc an Éin Fhinn (Birdhill) (roll number 13991)
- Location:
- Cooleen, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Meachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0539, Page 120
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- I have heard the following poverbs from time to time in the locality
Empty vessels makes most sound
A watched pot never boils
It is not the big man that always does the most work
Bad egg bad bird
Whats bred in the blood will come out in the bone
A barking dog never bites
Where ignorance is bliss, it is followed to be wise
A stitch in time saves nine
It is not the best horse that always wins the race
You can fool all the world some of the time and some of the world all the time but you cannot fool all the world all the time
A rolling stone gathers no moss
There is many a slip twist cup and lip
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do to day
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
The best hurler is always on the ditch
Cleanliness is next to Godliness
Never take the book by the cover
If a jest you cannot take, then a jest you should not make
Spare the rod and spoil the child
Every dog has his day(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tessie Bourke
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Creggagh, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- John Gleeson
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Occupation
- Labourer
- Address
- Creggagh, Co. Tipperary
