School: Cnocán an Teampaill, Ros Gréine

Location:
Knockantemple, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Nic Aodhagáin
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    the picking
    23 Speak of the devil and hes sure to appear
    24 After a gather. Theres comes a scatter.
    25 Young a gambler old a beggar.
    26 Love is not always blind.
    27 Often a cute hen layed out.
    28 What is bred in the bone comes out is the marrow.
    29 Never too late to mend.
    30 The day of wind is not the day of the scallop.
    31 Think before you Ink.
    32 Fine feathers make fine birds.
    33 There is many a slip between the cup and the lip.
    34 A green Christmas makes a fat Churchyard.
    35 Laugh and the world laughs with you weep and you weep alone.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
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    Language
    English
    Informant
    M. Corcoran
    Address
    Railstown, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs Delaney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Railstown, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs Halloran
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Hill's-lot, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs Lonergan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Castleblake, Co. Tipperary