School: Caitrín Naomhtha, Eachdhruim (roll number 14423)

Location:
Aughrim, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Ceocháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0029, Page 0378

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  1. There's an easier way of killing a cat than choking it with butter.
    The more the merrier.
    Live horse and you will get hay.
    Easier said than done.
    It is not those that draw the most water drink the most wine.
    When poverty looks in the window love goes out the door.
    Nearer the chapel, farther from God.
    Nothing to do, and all day to do it.
    Mocking is catching.
    It is better to be out of the world than out of the fashion.
    As white as the Virgin's garment.
    The world would not make a race-horse out of an ass.
    A wet and windy May fills the
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Carroll
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Fairfield, Co. Galway