School: Shanakill, Roscrea

Location:
Shanakill, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Seán Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0547, Page 175

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  1. Proverb = "Look before you leap."
    = "People in glass-houses can't throw stones."
    = "Lead me up the hill, and lead me down the hill and you can whip me on the level."
    = If you see one magpie you say-
    "One for sorrow
    Two for Joy
    Three for a wedding
    four to die
    Five for silver
    six for gold
    Seven for a secret
    That shall never be told"
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Proverb - Old people say you should never take out the ashes on a Monday or you would throw out the luck of the week.
    Proverb - "There is no place like home."
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  3. Proverb = "Never hit a horse while going down a hill."
    Proverb = "Two heads is better than one."
    Lesson = Two people doing a thing is better than one.
    Proverb = "A stitch in time saves nine."
    Lesson = If a person mends his clothes first it spares him a lot of mending later on.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nicholas Fanning
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mr Fanning
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male