School: Tunnyduff
- Location:
- Tonyduff, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Cathaláin
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- (continued from previous page)horn, a horse’s hoof, a dog’s snarl and an Englishman’s laugh.”
“A borrowed horse has hard hoofs”
“Cows from Connaught have long horns.”
“People meet, but hills and mountains never meet.”
“Hunger is good sauce.”
“A blind man is a bad judge of colours.”
“A good beginning is half the work.”
“A windy day is not the day for thatching.”
“A rolling stone carries no moss.”
“Ditches have ears.”
- Collector
- Bernard Smyth
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cordoagh, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Phil Smyth
- Gender
- Male
