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School: Star of the Sea, Glengivney (roll number 12334)

Location:
Glennagiveny, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Brian Mac Giolla Easbuic
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  1. Local Sayings (continued)

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    weather is still the best.
    It is hard to cut wool off a goat.
    There are four things that an Irish man cannot trust a horse's hoof, a cow's horn, an English-man's laugh and a dog's snarl.
    A new broom sweeps clean but the old one knows the corners best.
    An inch of a gap is as good as a mile.
    Put soot on your own crook.
    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
    Kathleen Crumlish
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Dan Sweeney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    73
    Address
    Glennagiveny, Co. Donegal