School: Cluain Cátha (roll number 2243)
- Location:
- Cloncaw, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: P. Ó Hanluain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0961, Page 155
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- (continued from previous page)62. It is the foal's share of the harrow you have This arises from no 61.
63. A bad workman complains of his tools
64 Better late than never but better never late
65 A hardy gathering gets a speedy scattering - said of a miser's money
66 You are so fond of work you could lie down beside it. Said to a lazy person
67 He wrought for ten years on that job - worked.
67 I got it done at the heel of the hunt. in the end _at last.
68. Dont put your cutter among spoons:- Dont join in our conversation unless you are asked to.
69 Only for only the sky would fall and then we would all catch larks. Said to a person who is a boaster but never does anything of worth
70 Nearly never killed the hare - much the same as no 69. above
71 You couldn't put your dog out unless he was thatched:- Said of a very wet dog or night.
72 He "fashed" at it - said of a person who takes a dislike to some article of diet. It is also said of sick animals that refuse to take their food.
73 Sticks and stones will break your bones(continues on next page)
