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School: Tuar an Fhíona, Baile na Molt (roll number 8133)

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Tooraneena, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Nóra Nic Gearailt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0647, Page 178

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    Waste makes want.
    What is to be will be.
    We know the worth of water when the well runs dry.
    He that cannot bear jest should not make one.
    Charity begins at home but it should not end there.
    Bean ó Ciarraí a bhí ina chónaí i mBarra na h-Uidhre agus bhíodh sí ag deisiúcán i gcónaí. Bhuail bean des na comharsain insteach chúithí tráth nóna is bhí sí ag deisiú seana-bhríste nó rud éigin mar sin.
    "Conas a seasann tú ag gabháilt don tsnáthad i gcónaí"? arsa an bean eile.
    "A" ar sí sin "Is fisa snaidhm a chur ar ghiobóig ná greim a chur i bputóig".
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Eilís Ní Chadhla
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballynamult, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Cáit Breathnach
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballynamult, Co. Waterford