School: Cnapach (Crappagh) (roll number 7529)
- Location:
- Crappagh, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Mrs Horan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0949, Page 325
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- (continued from previous page)plays a good card).Another saying in card-playing is - "I never sent a "cady" a man's errand," said when a good card is played.These were two favourite sayings of James Mc Phillips Crappagh who died about five or six years ago & was over 70 years of age. He was fond of card-playing.He sowed no green barley for that
(meaning it's in his blood).He's a chip of the old block.
An empty sack won't stand.
Time & tide will wait for no man.
Come easy go easy.
Fine feathers make make fine birds.
It's a sad heart that never rejoices.
All work & no play makes Jack a dull boy.
A blacksmith's ass and a shoemaker's wife are often barefoot.An advice to girls is:-
"Never marry a tailor or your misery's just begun. You'll have to set the taties and dig them everyone."
(I can't get the remainder of this rhyme)(continues on next page)
