School: Rahan (roll number 9096)
- Location:
- Raithean, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Máire Ní Cholmáin
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There is hope from the ocean but none from the grave."
- "A good character is better than good fortune."
"A bad workman quarrels with his tools."
"A pigs ear can never make mutton."
"Take things always by the smooth handle."
"The older the crabtree the more it bears."
"Its the thunder that frights but the lightning that smites."
"Many things grow in the garden that never were sown there."
"Those who cannot have what they like must learn to like what they have." - Collector
- Agnes O Leary
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Leathbhaile Uachtarach, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- Miss Mary O Leary
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Leathbhaile Uachtarach, Co. Chorcaí
