School: Drong (2)
- Location:
- Drung, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Fháinín
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- "Lie with the lamb and rise with the bird.
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"One penny gets another.
"A full purse makes a light heart.
"The truth never choked a man.
"What the car will not hear will not trouble you.
"You don't know what is in the pot till you take the lid off.
"Hunger is a good sauce.
"Don't take the book by the cover.
"Things often take a turn.
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"He who has much gets more.
"It is difficult to cut wool off a goat.
"There is neither help nor cure for death.
"It is a long lane that has no turning. - George Browne Corglass died 3 years ago, at the age of 100.
One night he was coming home from a fair about twelve o'clock at night.
And as he was coming on Tullyvin bray he heard laughing and he could see no one.(continues on next page)