School: Goirtín
- Location:
- Gorteen, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Máiréad Ní Dhubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0078, Page 287
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- (continued from previous page)20 This is said of the person who is always finding fault with other people's work-
" The best player is always in the side line"
21 This is said when a crowd of people are together -
"All together like Brown's cows when he had only one"
22 This is said of a foolish young person-
"You cannot put an old head on young shoulders."
23 When a person gets poor and low in the world the people say-
"It is easier fall than rise".
24 If a person was sent on a message and did not return for a long time it would be said to him-
"You must have walked the seven acres".
25 If a person was trying to get something the other would say to him-
'Shift with the shift you have and buy a hat for Sunday.'
- Collector
- Margaret O' Brien
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clogh, Co. Galway
