School: Tattenclave
- Location:
- Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: B. Ní Chróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0949, Page 103
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- (continued from previous page)75. What is a halfpenny like a cow? (Because it has two sides, a tail and a head).
76. What's bought but never lent : them that buys it never use it : them that gets it never keeps it (Coffin)
77. Forty sheep went through a gap, forty more after that : three and two how much is that? (Five)
78. As I went through your guttery gap, I met a wee man with a red hat: a stick in his side and a stone in his belly; if youriddle me that I'll give you a penny. (A haw).
79. Riddly diddly dandy doe : my father gave me seed to sow : The seed was white and the ground was black : Riddle me that and I'll give you a pint.
80. Down in yon meadow I have a mare died : there is honey in her that you could eat to your bread.
- Proverbs (Packie McCarvill)
1. A sloe year is a low year: a haw year is a braw year. - Proverbs (Peter Smyth)
2. You never know the want of water to the well goes dry.
3. Pains and patience would take a snail to America.
4. A fool and his money is easy parted.
5. The who goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.
6. You are better to go to bed without supper than rise in debt.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Peter Smyth
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Liscumasky, Co. Monaghan
