School: Drom na Gráinsighe (roll number 13280)
- Location:
- Droim na Gráinsí, Co. Shligigh
- Teacher: Seán Mac Giolla Luaithrinn
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- (continued from previous page)a hedge-hog. As greedy as death; and as bitter as the taste of truth. When we want to describe small things we say as tiny as a wren's mouth.
It is an ill wind that blows no body good. Live horse and you'll get grass. The more haste the less speed. Its a bad dog that is'nt worth calling. The best horse-man is always on the ground. Spare the rod and spoil the child. When the tree grows it is hard to bend it.
One man's loss is another man's gain. He is a proud horse that would'nt carry his own oats. It is not every day that Manus kills a bullock. It was not on one foot that St. Patrick came to Ireland. It is not big stones alone that build a castle. Every hound is a pup till it hunts. Ireland for a penny but where is the penny. "For(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Lavin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Droim na Gráinsí, Co. Shligigh
- Informant
- Michael Lavin
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Droim na Gráinsí, Co. Shligigh
