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School: Askill (roll number 5294)

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Askill, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Padraig Ó Treabhair
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    When a person dies the old saying was. "That's a noggin and spoon for another."
    "Faney buys the ribbon but taste ties the bows"
    "It's cows and licks again"
    This saying means that the farmer who is giving away his daughter in marriage has no ready cash to give her as a fortune but reverts to the old custom of giving the cattle and bedding as their fortune
    "A swinging gate keeps long on hinges"
    "Two dogs will fight when they have a bone but will play together when they have none."
    "Long fair long foul"
    "It won't be always freezing."
    This is said to people who are in indigent circumstances in order to place their hope in God.
    "A burned child dreads the fire."
    "Smooth water lies deeps and the Devil lies at the bottom"
    "The proof of the pudding is in the eating of it"
    "Hills look green far away."
    "You can guess eggs when You see shells"
    "Time and tide wait for no one"
    "Many a rose-cheeked apple is rotten at the core"
    "Early to bed and early o rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise"
    "The early bird catches the worm"
    "Yellow to yellow makes yellow look white"
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Collector
    Norah K. Travers
    Gender
    Female