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School: Mullinahone (C.) (roll number 15363)

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Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary
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Máire Ní Shéaghdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0560, Page 383

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nellie O' Connell
    Address
    Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Michael Norton
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    35
    Occupation
    Tailor
    Address
    Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary

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    5. Mind the pennies and the pounds will mind themselves.
    6. A green Christmas makes a fat churchyard.
    7. A windy day is not the day for thatching.
    8. Praise the young and they will follow you.
    9. A swarm in July is not worth a fly.
    Eileen O' Brien, Compsey, Mullinahone.
    Told by Mary Brady, Compsey, Mullinahone.
    (Aged 47 years. Mill-owner)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    10. Work is good and brings reward.
    11. Hit a dog with a bone and he will not growl.
    Marie O' Brien, Compsey, Mullinahone.
    Told by Mrs. O' Brien, Compsey, Mullinahone.
    (Ages 46 years, Farmer's Wife)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    12. The truth never choked anyone.
    13. Straight chairs help good talk.
    Mary McElroy, Raheen, Mullinahone.
    Told by Thomas McElroy, Raheen, Mullinahone.
    (Ages 56yrs, Farmer)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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