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School: Springtown, Granard (roll number 8470)

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Springtown, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Dhála
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0765, Page 0546

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    Proverbs
    There is a shop in our house. One side of it is the grocery side and the other the bar. It was my Grand-father owned it first. One day a man came to him for groceries, and he did not want to pay for them. My Grand-father asked him. "Where was he from? and he said "He was from Bally-sa-dare." Then my Grand-father said to him "Nothing for nothing in Bally-sa-dare and when you come to Ballywillan you will find it the same.
    Here are some old proverbs. When you go to Connemara with your onions in a barrow you will know what it is to be there.
    Hear and see and say noth
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Miriam Mulligan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballywillin, Co. Longford