School: Paulstown (B.) (roll number 8244)
- Location:
- Paulstown, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Máirtín Ó Conaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0862, Page 293
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- "It is a cure for sore eyes to see you."
"Put a beggar on horseback and he will outride the devil."
"While grass grows and water runs."
"The longest way around is the shortest way home"
"The man who goes to a job on a Friday will not stay in it long"
"He who will not sow in the Spring will not reap in the Autumn."
"Wonders will never cease nor the hind leg of a dog will never straighten."
"It is a beautiful world to live in - to give or to spend; but to beg or borrow or go look for your own it's the very worst world that was ever known."
"Taste before you sup."
"A stitch in time saves nine."
"Wiful waste makes woe-ful want."
"We got toosh-amach" (meaning "tabhairt amach" or
a hard time."
The slender "r" is pronounced "s" in the county Kilkenny(continues on next page)
