School: Rahan (roll number 9096)
- Location:
- Rahan, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire Ní Cholmáin
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"A good laugh and a sleep are the best cures in the Doctor's Book."
"Borrowed horses have hard hooves."
"You must venture to win."
"What is not worth asking is not worth getting." - "Strife is better than loneliness."
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"Every beetle knows another of the same kind."
"Beware of the slippery Sams"
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"There is no luck but where there is correction[?](continues on next page)- Collector
- Bridie White
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Fiddane North, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr Patrick White
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 45
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Fiddane North, Co. Cork