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School: An Currach Mór (roll number 7707)

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Curragh More, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Hubáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0079, Page 320

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  1. Old Sayings

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    If the cuckoo sings on a bare tree sell your cow and buy wheat.
    It was customary to have a crock of butter in every house on the first day of February. The butter should be divided on the people of the house.
    March 17th St. Patricks day, lots of fish and potatoes are eaten.
    On Corpus Christi, if you have not meat
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Daly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballaghduff, Co. Galway
    Informant
    John Daly
    Address
    Ballaghduff, Co. Galway