School: Drong (2)
- Location:
- Drung, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Fháinín
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- "As I roved out"
This is said when a person is telling a story and another person doesn't believe it
he says "Now that's all as I roved out"
"Out of sight out of mind"
"Looking for a needle in a bundle of straw"
"No use in crying over spilt milk"
"Since Adam was a boy"
"There's a hole in the ballad"
"He's not all there"
"There's a slate off"
"He's not square"
"He's not right in the head"; means
"Let him cool in the skin he heated in"
"I'll make him scratch where he doesn't itch" means I'll punish him in some way(continues on next page)