School: Ráth Dairbhe (roll number 10001)
- Location:
- Páirc na bhFianna, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Teacher: Henry Mc Kenna
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- Old sayings"A wee sheep is a lamb a long time"."Marry a woman from Truagh, and you marry all Truagh"."What would make him ashamed, would turn a funeral"."The person who has butter gets more butter"."If the rowan tree is tall even so it is bitter on the top""Trotting after the quality and always last".What butter or whiskey will not cure is incurable.""The drunkard will soon have daylight in through the rafters"."A trout in the ashes is better than a salmon in the water".(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rita Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 72
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Sceith Theorann, Co. Mhuineacháin