School: Ballydurrow
- Location:
- Ballaghdorragh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Ó Hadarnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0998, Page 306
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- (continued from previous page)decrepit, old and lame that it would take an hour to go five times its own length. The owner sat on the front of the cart with his legs dangling to the road. He kept a great grip of the reins to prop up his mare, but he always pretended that it was to prevent her from running away, that she was afraid of "them new contraptions"- the high push bicycle which then had made its appearance
Any person travelling slow in that district was said to be as swift as the Gróga's mare. Gróga was a nickname but I cannot tell it's origin.Longines travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes it
Pride rides for a fall
Never take a look by the cove
Locking the stable door when the horse is gone
Tell me you company and I'll tell you what you are
A friend is known in time of need
Look before you leap
A rolling stone gathers no moss
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Even a fool has sense
Take care of the pence and the pounds it will take care of themselves(continues on next page)
