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School: Maigh Locha (Cailíní)

Location:
Moylough, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Eibhlín, Bean Uí Challaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0081, Page 135

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    1. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
    A girl in the neighbourhood went to America and came home each year. She got married and she had no money and the mother-in-law said it is easily known "a rolling stone gathers no moss."
    2. Going to the goats for wool.
    A woman went to her neighbour borrowing a grain of salt and many proverbs are connected with giving away of salt, and the woman did not want to give it to her and she said, "you are going to the goat's house for wool I have none
    3. I will neither lend or borrow
    There was once an old woman and she was always borrowing a pot of her neighbour for dying clothes. At last she was able to purchase one
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moylough, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Timothy Welby
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Annaghmore East, Co. Galway