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School: Cill Dubh (roll number 16503)

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Kilduff, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Emily Williams
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0444, Page 186

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    1) Dying with the lonesome like Donal Oats (?) gander, while the geese were hatching
    2) "Yon would not know "H" in the side of a sack". This is usually applied to a dunce.
    3) "As head-strong as a pig" is what a person who is very obstinate is called
    4) "Short and sweet like an asse's gallop," is something that is brief and concise
    5) "Taller standing like a dog sitting" is an answer given by a person who is asked to sit down
    6) "Growing down like a cow's tail" is an answer given by a person who is thought to be getting smaller
    7) As a tree falls so it lies and as a man lives so he dies
    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
    Master William O Neill
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinvosherig East, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mr Joseph O Neill
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinvosherig East, Co. Kerry