School: Baile an Doirín (C) (roll number 7552)

Location:
Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
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  1. 1. The long road going is the short road home.
    2. It is a long road that has not any turn.
    3. It is better late than never.
    4. It is better to be sure than sorry.
    5. If death was a thing that money could buy the rich should live and the poor should die.
    6. Don't praise or don't dispraise yourself.
    7. A good beginning is half the work.
    8. The truth never choked a man.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary B. Mannion
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Bridget Tierney
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    84
    Address
    Killeenmunterlane South, Co. Galway