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School: Termonfeckin

Location:
Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
Teacher:
Bean Uí Mhurchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0675, Page 200H

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0675, Page 200H

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    1. Reproving a person behaving in a silly fashion:- "Don't be making Fitzsimmons' Mother of yourself."
    2. Entering a house at meal times:-
    "Sit ye nelly." and "much good may it do you."
    3. To avoid punishment for some wrong doing:- "I may take the Slane Road with my brogues in my fist."
    4. Sharing a dainty or sweet:- "Fair divides" says Dickie Donnelly.
    5. Approving something:- That is out o' the light like Murtagh's shirt."
    6. On receiving something:- "May you live till the skin of a gooseberry makes a coffin for you."
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English