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School: Mohill (B.) (roll number 12415)

Location:
Mohill, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Francis Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0215, Page 086

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    Local Sayings.
    The kettle calling the pot black bottom.
    If you told that to an ass he would kick you. Shy but willing like an ass eating thistles. A fool and his money are soon parted. Rob Peter to pay Paul. Cloone gap like the roar of an ass. many a slip betwixt the cup and the lip. You are never sure of the bit you put in your mouth. All is not gold that glitters. Show me your company and I will tell you what what you are. That bangs Banagher and Banagher bangs the devil. Like Jack Nokes and Tom Stiles. Like Jack of all trades. As black as a crow. Time and tide wait for no man. As full as a tick. Run with the hare and bark with the hounds. Through the bog with an
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