School: Castlepollard (C.) (roll number 5514)
- Location:
- Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs Egan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0721, Page 140
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- Proverbs and old sayings
All over like the Fair of Fore ( Fore is a village 3 miles from Castlepollard).
If the Benn of Fore was made of bread
The men of Fore would be better fed."Never sell your hen on a wet day"
"those that are not good for lodging are good for directing"
Its a long lane that has no turn.
He's brother to Páidin
She's going to do it like the priests girl.
Hunger is a sharp thorn.
A little care is worth a lot of cure
A shut mouth catches no flies.
It's hard to break an old dog of his trot.
He must have it all, his own way
like the pig at the dance.
