School: Bailieboro (C.)
- Location:
- Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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- (continued from previous page)What's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh.
You can't "wipe my eye" with that story.
You can't "throw dust in my eyes" (deceive me)
You'd be the right one to send for sorrow (said to a slow messengers)
You'd think butter wouldnt melt in his mouth.
There's many way of killing a dog besides choking it with butter.
If you were thrown after me, I wouldnt look to see what fell.
It ran off him, like water off a duck (he paid no heed)
Put your shoulder to the wheel now.
My stomach thinks my throat is cut (said after a long fast)
He's a very drunk man that would fall out of a settlebed.
My heart was in my mouth when I heard it.
Pull yourself together (take courage)
