School: Cluain Cátha (roll number 2243)
- Location:
- Cloncaw, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: P. Ó Hanluain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0961, Page 153
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- (continued from previous page)46 You never miss the water till the well runs dry said of anything that is missed very much after it has been in a persons possession for a long time
47 Whistling jigs to milestones Labour in vain
48 The longest way round is the shortest way home Quick methods are not always best
49 If you are born to be hanged you will never be drowned What is to be will be.
50 What is to be will be, said the boy back (matchmaking same as 49)
51 Luck and laziness go hand and hand
52 A man without learning and wearing fine clothes is like a gold ring in a fat pig's nose
53 Butter to (with) butter is in kitchen (not appetizing).
54 There was enough and just enough
It was thick enough and thin enough
Well stored and well boiled and still it had a fault _____It was not cold enough said of sowens which is best eaten cold with hot milk.
Note Sowens is a jelly like food made from oat meal and "seeds" (husks) of the oats. It is fermented or soured for several days, then strained and boiled gently. It is still a favourite food in many parts of Co Monaghan but it is only the older generation of housewives who can make it properly
55 Supping sowens with a knife and fork This(continues on next page)
