School: Baile an Doirín (C) (roll number 7552)
- Location:
- Baile an Doirín, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Teacher: Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033B, Page 03_005
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- 1. The longest life is but a parcel of moments
2. Listen to the sound of the river and you will catch fish.
3. A stitch in time saves nine.
4. Nature breaks out through the eyes of a cat.
5. Nature is stronger than learning.
6. He who goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.
7. A windy day is not the day for thatching.
8.Too late to save when all is spent.
9.A watched pot never boils
10. Spare the rod and spoil the child.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kitty Moran
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Thomas Moran
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 85
- Address
- An Cartrún, Co. na Gaillimhe
