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School: Killinaboy (roll number 12557)

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Killinaboy, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Donncha Ó Céilleachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0614, Page 358

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    Níl aon tinntáin mar do thinntáin féin.
    Marbh le tae agus marbh gan é.
    Don’t count your chickens until they are hatched.
    A slip of the tongue is no fault of the mind.
    Collected by: - Tomás Hawes, Kilnaboy
    Told by: - John Hawes, Kilnaboy, (his father)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Tomás h-Awes
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killinaboy, Co. Clare
    Informant
    John Hawes
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Killinaboy, Co. Clare

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    Silk and wool though spun with time and care, in spite of art the coarseness will appear.
    The longest day must have an end, and the dearest friends must part.
    Many a one cut a rod to beat himself.
    Collected by: - Nóra Ní Chasadhaigh, Ballycashen.
    Told by: - Thomas Cassidy, Ballycashen, (her father)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit