School: Séipéal na Carraige (roll number 5478)
- Location:
- Rockchapel, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Donncha Ó Géibheannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0351, Page 156
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- "Fool me once, shame on you,
Fool me twice, shame on me."Don't sent a boy in a man's journey. Aoine an Chéasta, is mor an céasadh bainne d'ól,
Agus Domhnach Cásga, is mór an náire, a bheith gan feóil.
To be fiddling with the Crane, they say - is washing the Devil's shirt.
That a woman should not go out at night with her head uncovered.
A woman after having a baby should never be left alone.
A whistling woman or a crowing hen, there is no luck in the house they are in.
God made the world and rested.
God made man and rested.
God made the Devil and rested
God made woman,
Since then,
Neither God, man, nor the Devil have rested.
If you did not get that, you'd fool a fiddle.
A straw shows how the wind blows.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridie Keating
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Daniel Keating
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rockhill West, Co. Cork
