School: Baile Lochnáin
- Location:
- Riverstown, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Domhnaill
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“In olden times people had sayings commonly called proverbs.”
(continued from previous page)out a fire."
"A watched pot never boils".
"Too many cooks spoil the broth.
"Don't count your chickens before they are hatched"
"One good turn deserves another."
"It is an ill wind that does not blow somebody good"
"Honesty is the best policy"
"When food is scarce its taste is sweetest"
"Waste not, want not"
"Pride often gets a fall"
"Many hands make light work"
"A man cannot whistle and chew oatmeal"
"The world will not make a racehorse of an ass"
"Everyone has his own taste"
"When it rains it pours"(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bríghid Ní Dhulchonta
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Riverstown, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Patrick Delahunty
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Riverstown, Co. Tipperary