School: Kilcoskan, The Ward
- Location:
- Kilcoskan, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: (name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0788, Page 32
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'So big a rogue he'd steal the harness off a night mare'
'I'm talking to myself like Maure Wynn to her herring'
But I to my Nancy as the man said when he kissed his own cow - when discussing a persons taste - in husbands or wives or clothing etc.
'As much clothes as would dust a fiddle'
'The older the fiddle the sweeter the tune'
Every man for himself but God for us all
If you are talking to a mechanic you are not talking to his oil rag.
The car flew by at knots an hour.(continues on next page)
