School: Tappa (roll number 10451)
- Location:
- Tetoppa, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: S. Ó Reachtaire
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- There are a lot of old sayings such as. A stitch in time saves nine, Long runs the Fox but he is caught at last. Never wait until to -morrow what we can do to -day. A wise man always carries his coat. Too many cooks spoil the broth. A bird in your hand is worth too in a bush. A borrowed horse has hard hooves. Live horse and you'll get grass. Dead with tea and dead without it. The Juice of a cow is good living or dead. Listen to the river and you will catch fish. You can never make a silk purse out of a sows ear. One can never get blood out of a turnip. It is hard to cut wool of a goat.
- There are a lot of prayers which never saw print. These prayers were taugh by the old women of Long ago. One of them is God the father bless thee Christ defend(continues on next page)
