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School: Machaire

Location:
Magherintemple, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mary Ó Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1023, Page 053

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  1. Proverbs and Local Sayings (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
    (When an uncouth person displays his impoliteness)
    One might as well be "whistling jigs to a milestone"
    (refers to a person trying to do the impossible)
    "An empty sack cannot stand up." (A hungry person cannot work)
    He was - as black as the Earl i'hell's waistcoat.
    The early bird catches the early worm
    Out of sight, out of mind
    "He dropped it,- like a hot spud"
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English