School: Kilskeer (C.) (roll number 1563)
- Location:
- Cill Scíre, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Fhithcheallaigh
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- (continued from previous page)33. Time and perseverance would bring a snail to America.
34. Empty vessels make most sound.
35. You couldn't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
36. Powder and paint, would make a saint of the devil.
37. Make hay while the sun shines.
38. Money burns a hole in your pocket, till you spend it.
39. A little pot is soon hot.
40. When the fire falls there is somebody coming to the house.
41. When the sparks fly out of the fire towards you, there is money coming to you.- Collector
- Mamie Mc Grane
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baile an Mhuilinn, Co. na Mí
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Grane
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baile an Mhuilinn, Co. na Mí