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School: Wolfhill (roll number 3457)

Location:
Cnocán na Mac Tíre, Co. Laoise
Teacher:
P. Ó Dubhlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0836, Page 320

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    "The longest way round is the shortest way home"
    This proverb can be applied to a person taking a short - cut home through the fields on a dark night.
    "A green Christmas makes a fat churchyard".
    "Wet and windy May fills the barn with corn and hay"
    If the month of May is wet and stormy the harvest will be good and fruitful
    "Every dog barks at his own door".
    This proverb means that every person will fight when he has somebody to back him up.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
        1. seanfhocail (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ita Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Barr na Slaite Íochtarach, Co. Laoise
    Informant
    Bridget Delaney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Achadh Tiobraide, Co. Chill Chainnigh