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School: Mín Riabhach (roll number 17050)

Location:
Meenreagh, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Anton Ó Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1097, Page 46

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    in a hurry run.
    A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush.
    A woman’s work is never done.
    A short horse is easy carried.
    A borrowed horse has hard hoofs.
    Empty vessels make most sounds.
    A rolling stone gathers no moss.
    It’s a good horse that never stumbled.
    A rainbow in the morning is a sailor’s warning.
    A rainbow at noon there will be fare weather soon.
    A rainbow in the evening is a sailors grieving.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rose Doherty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tievecloghoge, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr William Boyle
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tievecloghoge, Co. Donegal