School: Moys (roll number 10837)
- Location:
- Moy Otra, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: P. Dawson
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- (continued from previous page)A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Where is the snow that was here last year.
Wilful waste makes woeful want.
A new broom sweeps clean.
Let every herring hang by its own tail.
It is the real McCoy.
He is as full of invention as an egg is full of meat.
Never throw out your dirty water until you get in clean.
You might as well be out of the world as out of the fashion.
It is as cold as the hills.
Fare you well Killeavy and the boys of Mullaghbawn.
Your granny was Doherty and she was the stuff.
A whistling woman and a(continues on next page)- Collector
- Sorcha Ní Mhurchadha
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lisglassan, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Thomas Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lisglassan, Co. Monaghan