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School: Drong (2)

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Drung, Co. Cavan
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Bean Uí Fháinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1022, Page 422

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  1. Old Sayings (continued)

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    something bad about a person you cannot unsay it again.
    If a day was mizzling rain you would say it was a "draughty day."
    If a person kept on doing something wrong and was caught in the end you would say, "Long runs the fox but he's caught at last."
    "It is lonely to be empty."
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  2. The Pigeon

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    One early morning a man named Gregory went to a field to steal a calf. When he was bringing it out of the field, there was a pigeon singing on the top of a tree. Gregory thought that the pigeon was singing "Take two-do Gregory".
    Then Gregory took two calves with him instead of only bringing one.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Hudson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rakenny, Co. Cavan