School: Ráth Mhaoláin (Robertson) (roll number 10374)
- Location:
- Rathmullan, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Éamonn Mac Stiopháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1088, Page 047
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- (continued from previous page)pale runt (stalk)
A lock in the clout soon runs out.
That'll put the box on the heckles ta ye.
Where there is a reek (smoke) there is a heat.
A wee fire to warm you is better than a big fire to burn you.
It's a poor hen can't pick for itself.
Doctors differ, patients die.
Where is the wind that dried your first hippen.
Better to wear out than rust out.
Everyday braw makes Sunday a (dah) day)
7th May 1938 (Compiled but school-children.)
NB Meaning of words + phrases underlined and marked
Lammas is the time before harvest - hence proverb means - the time of scarcity is come. Hippen = napkin
"Butter to butter is no kitchen". Used in this way:- Two girls are out for a walk together - someone meets them and says "Where are the [cut off]ys? Butter to butter is no kitchen, you know."
"Heckles" is a kind of comb used for putting flax through before being spun. When not in use the comb was kept in a box. The phrase used in the same sense as "That tops it all."
"The brochan came through the butter". Used when a person trying to "put on" an accent comes out with a "broad" expression.
A lock in the clout soon runs out" = A large sum of money will soon be exhausted if spent foolishly.
Everyday braw (breagh) makes Sunday a dah" Means - if one wears one's best clothes everyday one will not look decent on Sunday.
