School: Baile an Doirín (C) (roll number 7552)
- Location:
- Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033B, Page 02_019
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- Proverbs- 26-10-1938
1. Don't put off until to morrow what you can do today.
2. Live horse and you'll get grass.
3. Don't throw out the dirty water until the clean water comes in.
4. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
5. A new broom sweeps clean.
6. The day for the wind is not the day for the scolips
7. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
8. What's fun for the fox isn't fun for the hen.
9. Spare the rod and spoil the child.
10. Too many cooks spoil the broth.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Flannery
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Flannery
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 48
- Address
- Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Michael Fahy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 73
- Address
- Cartron, Co. Galway
