School: Bennettschurch, Baile Mhic Cairbre
- Location:
- Gráig na nGabhar, Co. Phort Láirge
- Teacher: Máiréad, Bean Uí Dhíomasaigh
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- "A stitch in time saves nine".
"If you don't sow in the Spring you won't reap in the Autumn".
"A wet and windy May fills teh barn with corn and hay".
"A green Christmas makes a fat churchyard".
"Courage is half the battle of life".
"Look before you leap".
"If you want a thing done well do it yourself".
"Many hands make light work".
"When all fruit fails welcome haws".
"A good run is better than a bad stand".
"A penny saved is a penny gained".
When a person is working and when anyone helps, the person says "many hands make light work". When a person is going mending anything he says "A stitch in time saves nine".- Informant
- Bean Uí Corbháin
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 66
- Occupation
- Feirmeoir
- Address
- Currach an tSeiscinn, Co. Phort Láirge