School: Gort na mBó (roll number 14418)
- Location:
- Bofield, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Laoghaire
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- 1/ As you brew, you must bake.
2/ A slow fire makes sweet malt.
3/ An idle man tempts the devil.
4/ A wrinkled purse; a wrinkled face
5/ A lie has no legs, but it can travel.
6/ A stitch in time saves nine
7/ A man will never change his mind, if he has no mind to change.
8/ A place for everything, and everything in its place.
9/ A penny saved is a penny gained
10/ A fool may easily find more faults in anything, than a wise man can mend
11/ A liar is daring towards God, and a coward towards man.
12/A straight tree may have crooked rooth
13/ A woman's tongue wears like a hank of yarn.
14/ An idle dog frets sheep.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Norah Meer
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bofield, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Annie Meer
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bofield, Co. Mayo