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   16) Yon fellow has a mouth on him that would hold the county cess in coppers.
   17) There never was an ould stockin' but there was an old brogue to fit it.
   18) Never tie with your tongue what your teeth cannot loosen.
   19) Whiskey when you're sick makes you well, whiskey makes you sick when you're well.
   20) Stylish clothes on some people are like gold rings on an old sow's ear.
   21) Some people talking would remind you of the croaking of a "consumpateed" frog on a frosty Friday.
   21. What's in the cat is in pussy.
   22. Dancing was first started by a madman.
   23. Some people take madness in the head, but dancers take it in the heels.
   24). There are people as crooked that they'd remind you of a corkscrew.
   25. A "crowl" on a "Creepie" looks nothing.
   26) Them that have no vices have no virtues.
   27. The nearer the Church the farther from God.
   28) A policeman always comes when the row is over.
   29) Keep a sixpence for seven years and you will find some use for it.
   30) Them that insults my dog insults me.
   31. There's more nature in a brute beast than in some Christians.
   32) A heavy purse makes a light heart.

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   S. Doherty

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Lisball, Co. Cavan

   Informant

   Mr Phil Gaynor

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Journalist

   Address

   Bailieborough, Co. Cavan