School: Rahavanaig
- Location:
- Rahavanig, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Máire de Stac
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- (continued from previous page)11. A pig's ear can never make mutton.
12. Never throw out the dirty water till you have the clean water inside.
13. All is not gold that glitters.
14. A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush.
15. A good word never broke a person's jaw.
16. You can never put a young head on old shoulders.
17. Slow fire makes sweet malt.
18. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
19. Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
20. Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
19. Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
- Collector
- Seán Ó hÁrta
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Doon East, Co. Kerry
