School: Mastersons (roll number 8390)
- Location:
- Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Gobnait de Búit
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- The older the fiddle the sweeter the tune.
The sight of you is good for sore eyes.
Set a beggar on horseback and he will outrun the devil.
She pays him in his own coin.
The longest way round is the shortest way home.
Proverbs from Wilson Mastersons N.S. told by her grandmother over years miss wilson Strawbrick in Hamilton.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A friend in need is a friend in deed.
Look before you leap.
It is a very long lane that hasn't got a turning.
Long runs the fox but he is caught at last.
Between two stools you come to the ground.
Better late than never.
The old friends are the best friends.
One good turn deserves another.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Fools build houses for wise men to live in.
Borrowed horses have hard hooves.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Joan Wilson
- Gender
- Female
- Collector
- Phyllis Davis
- Informant
- Mrs Wilson Strawbrick
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Alec Davis Buggawn
- Relation
- Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
- Age
- 69