School: Drong (2)
- Location:
- Drung, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Fháinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1022, Page 313
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- (continued from previous page)The castle is not very far from the main road to Cootehill to Cavan. In years to come there will be no trace of the walls, they will have fallen down.
- "Jack is as bad as Nancy." Sometimes when a father or mother, tells one of thier children to do something they make excuses. Then they ask another one and there is something else wrong with the other one.
When a person knows very little about anything, the people say. "He does not know a B from a bull's foot."
When a person is very ignorant and you cannot advise him, you could say. "You might as well whistle jigs to a mile stone."
If a farmer was late
