School: Cill na Móna (C.) (roll number 13626)
- Location:
- Kilnamona, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Síle Céitinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0610, Page 352
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Sean Fhocail
1 Always taking out of the meal tub and never putting in soon comes to the bottom-
If a man is continually spending his money and not replacing it ,he soon finds himself penniless.
2 Breeding breaks out and shows itself and shows itself through the eyes of a cat.-
A person is almost the same as his ancestors.
3 the day of the storm is not the day of the scallop.
When the trouble comes it is not the time to avoid it.
4 A stitch in time saves nine -
A little care at the beginning may help to avoid trouble later on.
5 Kind father for him-
The child generally has the bad or good qualities of its parents.
6 Feeding a dog with his own tail -
The government, for instance, taking the taxes off every article of food and putting on another tax.
7.it is a bad wind that doesn't blow for somebody-(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Delia Pilkington
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gortmore, Co. Clare
