School: Ballinamore (B.) (roll number 2820)
- Location:
- Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Heslin
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“It came to my mouth to tell him..." ¶ "(It's) a cure for sore eyes to see you.”
"It came to my mouth to tell him..."
"(It's) a cure for sore eyes to see you."
"He got too much of his head..."
"He was like a wet blanket on the company from he put in his head".
"Put the priest in the middle of the parish".
"An eye I never lifted off him..."
"I never say the likes since a yard made a coat for me".
"Musha! lying without rising to you".
"His two eyes were going out past his head".
"That's feeding the dog with his own tail".
"Don't be taking the thatch off the house".
"Don't cast a clout till May is out".
"They were taking the words out of each other's mouths".
"It would put a turning in your stomach to look at it".
"Don't be running away with yourself like that" (Telling untruths or talking foolishly)
"I can twist him on my little finger".
"She's no hen laying out".
"A cat of his age would not play with a straw".
"Too many attenders and without anything but Praiseach in it".
"I have a crow to pluck with you".
"And I have a bag to carry the feathers".
"He is well over in years".
"Give him the door".
There is not half a danger on you.
Devil a cause of complaint at me - well to the person that asks.
She had a trot under her like a mare to her foal.(continues on next page)