School: Achadh Fobhair (roll number 13853)

Location:
Aghagower, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Hannah T. Kevilla
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0088E, Page 06_013

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0088E, Page 06_013

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Achadh Fobhair
  2. XML Page 06_013
  3. XML “Proverbs”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. 1. There is no home like your own home.
    2. Blood is thicker than water.
    3. Still water runs deep
    4. What is bred in the bone comes out in the flesh
    5. Spare the rod and spoil the child
    6. You never miss the water until the well runs dry
    7 On his own saddle one rides safest
    8. Dont ever throw out the dirty water until there is clean water in
    9 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
    10. Two heads are wiser than one
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lackaun, Co. Mayo