School: Áth Treasna (C.) (roll number 16648)

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1. Old Proverbs

   

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   1/ Keep your mind to yourself like Jer Toomeys bonham's 2. The same again that made Mary Scanlan drunk. 3. Beware of the woman of long prayers 4. Little Pictures have long ears 5. Praise a fair day at night 6. One good turn deserves another. 7. Out of debt out of danger 8 Straw shows how the wind blows 9. Two hands are better than one.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. proverbs (~4,377)
   2. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Máire T. Ní Dhálaigh

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Newmarket, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Miss K. J. Murphy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Newmarket, Co. Cork

2. Bird-Lore and Animal-Lore

   

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   PINE MARTINS. There are a few pine martins in the Island wood. They are a brown colour. They very much resemble a cat but they have a face like a fox. They kill fowl and rabbits. There skin is very valuable. They keep the same path and they jump from tree to tree. The Alworth

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