School: Moynalvey (roll number 7567)
- Location:
- Moynalvy, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Mrs Bridget M. Kelly
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- If a child has acquired some bad habit from it's parents such as cursing, the proverb "It's not off the ground she licked it" is used.If a person avails of some special opportunity to make more money, people say "Make hay while the sun shines."The proverb "Live horse and you will get grass" is said when a person is always making promises to return something he has borrowed, but never returns it.If there is a storm and a tree is knocked across the road, it prevents people from travelling; but the poor people get the tree for their(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridget Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- James Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Clonymeath, Co. Meath