School: Eaglais an Chlocháin
- Location:
- Aglish, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Foghludha
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- Margaret Cashen,
Ballycormac, Eglish.
My father Denis Cashen told me those old sayings and he got them from Mary O'Meara, about 30 years ago.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Waste makes want.
Before you marry, be sure of a house wherein to tarry.
Hard upon hard makes a bad stone wall, but soft upon soft makes none at all.
One year's seeding is nine year's weeding.
'Tis the thunder that frights but the lightning that smites.
A straight tree may have crooked roots.
A penny saved is a penny gained.
Keep your shop and your shop keeps you.
Those who cannot have what they like must learn to like what they have.
A good thing when lost is(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret Cashen
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballycormuck, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Denis Cashen
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballycormuck, Co. Tipperary
