School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- (continued from previous page)looking forward to something very far away from him, another person says "Live horse and you will get grass."
"Make the hay while the sun shines." This means that everyone should have their work done up to time, and not be depending on the fine day.
"An apple a day keeps the doctor away." This means that if a person eats an apple every morning before breakfast it is as good as medicine.
"A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds." This is compared to a man with a alot of talk and cannot(continues on next page)- Collector
- Brigid Ní Longáin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Haggard, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Edward Long
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 69
- Address
- Haggard, Co. Kilkenny