School: Drumacoon (roll number 351)
- Location:
- Drumacoon, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: P. Ó Grianáin
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- Old Sayings"A stitch in time saves nine":- This is said of a peson who lets everything run too far without fixing it."It's as old as Mathoeselm's goat",:- This is said of a thing that is very very old."It's a bad seed grows fast,":- This is said of a person who is no good and grows up quickly."It's before you like the wee boy and the wheel barrow":- This is said of a person who has to wait for something not good."You will sit with an egg less":- This is said of a person who is expecting something and is not going to get it."Patience and perseverence would bring a snail to Jerusalem":- This is said to a person who has no patience."Far away cows have long horns":- This is said to a person who is always boasting about something."You can lead the horse to the well but you can't make him drink":- this is said of a person who does not want to do something you won't make them do it."Enough is as good as a feast":- This is said of a person who is always trying to get too much of everything."As long as the pitcher goes to the well it will be broken at last":- This is said of a thing that is lasting very long."That is like the fox and the grapes":- This is said to a person who wants a thing and let on he does not want it."You can not make a silk purse of a sow's leg":- This is said to a person who is trying to do a thing he can't do."The older the fiddle the better the tune": This is said when(continues on next page)