School: Brittas (roll number 12217)
- Location:
- Brittas, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: B. Ní Mhaoldhomhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0794, Page 481
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- If a person gets any thing and they are not able to enjoy it they say: "Like the "Duidrum" with the appetite, you would be better without it."
If a person is in a hurry and if the kettle would not boil they say:
"That is a Tallaght Hill Kettle".
In talking about a person that is very old, people say:
"He is as old as Kate Kearney's cat".
If a person is seen with a cat, they say:
"You are like Eliza Dowd with all the cats".
Eliza was an old woman who lived in Slade-Mor. She used to earn her living by doing the washing for the old men of the locality.
If a person is running around from on place to another, people say:
He is as hard settled as the Brunton's.
- Collector
- Seamus Ó Broinn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Brittas, Co. Dublin
