School: Shanakill, Roscrea
- Location:
- Shanakill, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Seán Ó Ceallaigh
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- XML “Proverbs”
- XML “Proverbs”
- XML “Proverbs”
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- Proverb = "Look before you leap."
= "People in glass-houses can't throw stones."
= "Lead me up the hill, and lead me down the hill and you can whip me on the level."
= If you see one magpie you say-
"One for sorrow
Two for Joy
Three for a wedding
four to die
Five for silver
six for gold
Seven for a secret
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- Collector
- Bridie Maher
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Skehanagh, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mr Maher
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Skehanagh, Co. Tipperary
- Proverb = "Never hit a horse while going down a hill."
Proverb = "Two heads is better than one."
Lesson = Two people doing a thing is better than one.
Proverb = "A stitch in time saves nine."
Lesson = If a person mends his clothes first it spares him a lot of mending later on.(continues on next page)