School: Lettercran (roll number 12049)
- Location:
- Lettercran, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Peadar S. Ó Duibhidhe
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- (continued from previous page)9. “He goes at the rate of a wedding.”
10. “Let the hare sit”. Say nothing.
11. “A tossed ladder is easily climbed.”
12. “Time will tell and the frost will try the potatoes.”
13. “If you are in love with the dung-hill, you will not see a straw in it.”
14. “He is as thin as a rake.”
15. “What Darley shot at the lough” nothing at all.
16. “A goose’s trot to a rat hole.” a quick headlong gallop.
17. “Grease the pan and the “bosetie” [?] will turn easily.”
18. “He would eat it before he’d do it.”
19. “Your wife is your wife but your pipe is your comfort.”