School: Machaire Áirne
- Location:
- Magherarny, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: P. Mac Aodhgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0945, Page 207
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- (continued from previous page)eat you.
You would swear a black crow a white one
There is never an old brog but there is a foot to fit it.
You have put the cart before the horse.
I can't boil my cabbage twice.
That will be another stool stripped.
There is many a slip between the cup and the lip.
You can't pluck feathers off a frog.
You can't whistle without the upper lip.
First in, first served.
The folk who live longest see most.
What can you expect from a cob but a kick.
Eat your fill and pocket none.
The night's young and drinks plenty.
