School: Errigal Trough (roll number 15565)
- Location:
- Emyvale, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Saragh Gillanders
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0958, Page 371
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- Some of the proverbs used in this district are : - • Pen and ink refuses nothing.
• Far away fields are green.
• Never judge a book by its cover.
• Long runs the fox but he is caught at last.
• There is no fireside like you own fireside.
• It’s no use crying over spilt milk.
• A new broom sweeps clean but the old one knows the corners best.
• Too sweet to be wholesome.
• All is not gold that glitters.
• Many a rosy apple has a rotten heart.
• It’s difficult to cut wool from a goat.
• A fool and his money are easily parted.
• Better to be an old man’s darling than a young man’s slave.
• An old man’s child is hard to rear.
• Far away cows have long horns.
• Never fall out with your sweetheart till you’ve found a better one.
• When two quarrel, both are to blame.
• Take the ball at the hop.
• Sense comes before age.
• Love me, love my dog.
• It is too late to spare, when all is spent. Name of pupil Marion Mills
- Collector
- Marion Mills
- Gender
- Female
