School: Kilskeer (C.) (roll number 1563)
- Location:
- Cill Scíre, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Fhithcheallaigh
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- (continued from previous page)18. Two heads are better than one if they were only sheeps.
19. Patience is a good thing if you could have it.
20. Half a loaf is better than no bread.
Monica Doran
Cloncat
Kells
Co Meath
Collected from Mother and Father. - 21. A stitch in time saves nine.
22. Honesty is the best policy.
23. Pride goes before a fall.
24. Many hands make light work.
25. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
26. Two many cooks spoil the broth.
27. All that glitters is not gold.
28. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
29. Birds of a feather, flock together.
30. The early bird catches the worm.
31. A light heart lives long.
32. The proof of the pudding lins in the eating.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mamie Mc Grane
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baile an Mhuilinn, Co. na Mí
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Grane
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baile an Mhuilinn, Co. na Mí