School: Killinaboy (roll number 12557)

Location:
Killinaboy, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Donncha Ó Céilleachair
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  1. (continued from previous page)
    Do not crow until you are out of the wood.

    Collected by: - Eamonn Ó Nialláin, Roughan
    Told by: - Edward Neylon ,Roughan (his father)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. A whistling girl and a crowing hen there is never luck in the house they are in.
    A stitch in time saves nine.
    Is fearr rith maith ná droch-sheasamh.
    Much wants more.

    Collected by:- Áine Nic Mhathúna, Ballycashen,
    Told by: - Pat Mc Mahon, Ballcashen, (her father)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Áine Nic Mhathúna
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballycasheen, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Pat Mc Mahon
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    5968
    Address
    Ballycasheen, Co. Clare
  3. Better late than never
    Time enough lost Mass.

    Collected by: - Tomás Hawes, Roughan.
    Told by: - John Hawes, Roughan (his father)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  4. You cannot hold water in a strainer.
    Half a loaf is better than no bread.
    He who laughs last, laughs best.
    Too far east is west.
    Dont ever put a job on the long finger.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.