School: Drong (roll number 15699)
- Location:
- Drung, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán P. Mac Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1117, Page 147
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- (continued from previous page)69. "A galloping horse, and the rider blind will never see it." (Said regarding a hole in a stocking, and means, "Nobody will ever notice it.!
70. "You only need the tins to be a tinker."
71. "You would think butter wouldn't melt in your mouth, and a pound wouldn't choke you."
72. "There's (are) more ways of killing a dog, than choking him with butter.
73. There's (are) more John Orrs than mad John Orrs.
74. "You never miss the water till the well runs dry."
75. "If wishes were horses, beggars would ride."
76. "You took the word out of my mouth."
77. "You missed it by the skin of your teeth."
78. "You killed two birds with the one stone."
79. "You drank before me."
Annie M. Harrigan,
Drung,
Quigley's Pt.,
Co. Donegal.
21st Jan, '38
- Collector
- Annie M. Harrigan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Quigley's Point, Co. Donegal
