School: Kilmaganny, Thomastown
- Location:
- Cill Mogeanna, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: C. Ó Hurdail
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- (1) Butter is golden in the morning, silver at noon & lead at night."(2) Early to bed, early to rise,
Makes a man healthy, wealthy & wise.(3) Better late than never.(4) Once there was a priest who had a housekeeper, who, when asked about any work she should have done, always answered, "I am going to do it now." This gave rise to the local saying "Going to do it now, like the priest's housekeeper."- Collector
- Patrick Dunne
- Gender
- Male
- The good hurler is always on the ditch.
(2) A fool & his money soon part.
(3) A working-boy, who would never stay in the one place, was told by a man of whom he asked money that "A rambling boy gathered no brass."- Collector
- Patrick Noonan
- Gender
- Male
- (1) One good turn deserves another.
(2) Keep your bank & your bank will keep you.
(3) A stitch in time saves nine.
(4) Smooth water flows deep & the mud lies at the bottom.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Julia Dempsey
- Gender
- Female