School: Ballycastle Boys' (roll number 14290)

Location:
Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mícheál de Búrca
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  1. There are a very big number of Proverbs to be got around this parish. "Never put of what you can do to day until tomorrow." "Nature breaks out through the cat's eye." There is a story about that proverb and it is a very good one.
    Once upon a time there was a man who had a bad eye, and he was sent to hospital. There was a young doctor in the hospital and he said the man's eye would have to be cut out. Then the man went under an operaton. When the man's eye was cut out it was replaced by a cat's eye, and then he had a very good pair of
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joe Corcoran
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Miss Tess Munnelly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    26
    Address
    Ballycastle, Co. Mayo