School: Kiffa
- Location:
- Kiffagh, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: Helen Dinneen
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0993, Page 108
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- (continued from previous page)be born lucky than rich. There are more Paddy Lee's than me. It is raining cats and dogs. You can't whistle and chew meal. A whistling woman and a crowing hen wakens the devil out of his den. One fool makes many but the old fool is the worst of any. Life is strange pet and it takes many a good nip out of you. As wild as a March hare. God help the rich, the poor can beg. As full as a tick. That story has no skin on it = does not sound like the truth. He is a great loss to the churchyard. You won't get much meal in his seeds = he is not generous. The three merriest things in the world are a kid, a kitten, and a widow. Kind Daddy for it = he inherited it from his father. Making out and the door shut = pretending. He did not lick it off the grass = he inherited it.
Putting your arm round a person's neck to cut his throat. That is being two faced.(continues on next page)
