School: Ceathrú na hAille (Carnahallia) (roll number 7416)
- Location:
- Cahernahallia, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Máirtín Ó Madadhain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0540, Page 358
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- (continued from previous page)If a dishonest avaricious man is put in a position of authority over people from whom he has the power to extort money: that is "Putting the fox to mind the geese""You have as many kinds of potatoes on the table as if you took them from a beggerman's bag" referring to the good old time when beggermen went about and usually got a "lyre" of potatoes in each house."No one can tell what he is able to do till he tries" as the duck said when she swallowed a dead kitten.A person in your employment is not giving satisfaction yet you are loth to part with him: "The devil you know is better than the devil you don't know"People are often punished even in this world for their misdeeds: "God Almighty often pays debts without money".I advise you not to do so without your master's permission: "Leave is light".When a person gives much civil talk, makes plausible excuses or fair promises, people say: "Soft words butter no parsnips".
