School: Drong (2)
- Location:
- Drong, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: Bean Uí Fháinín
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- (continued from previous page)"Put a beggar on horseback , and hell ride to Cork".
If they were giving advice to a person, about not doing away with the old things before they bought new ones they would say:-
"Dont throw out the dirty water until you get the clean." - There are many words and sayings of the ancient Irish people, still used in Ireland everyday. Most of these words are direct from the Irish language.
Some of them are:-
Cipeens - sticks.
Crosna - small sticks
praisgin = apron
caley = short visit
fáilte = a welcome
Mordálac = proud
brogues = boots
gub = mouth(continues on next page)