School: Ráth na mBeach (roll number 17129)
- Location:
- Rathnamagh, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: R. Ó Gallchobhair
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- Wise Sayings
Collected by:- Eiblín Ní Laing Cloonkee Ballina
Entered on:- 12 (?) lá Mí Bealtaine.It is not off the wind he took it.
A bird in your hand is worth two in a bush.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
A half of loaf is better that no bread.
Man proposes but God disposes.
Weep and you shall weep alone.
Never throw out the dirty water until you bring in the clean water.
Willful waste makes woeful want.
Small boats may keep near shore but large ones may venture more.
What you can do to day never put it off until to morrow.
A cat in gloves never catches mice.
Many hands make light work.
Look before you leap.
Its a long road that has no turn.
The day of the wind is not the day to cut the scollop- Collector
- Eibhlín Ní Laing
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloonkee, Co. Mayo