School: Ceathrú an Chalaidh
- Location:
- Carraholly, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Brian Mac Aodhgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0088, Page 358
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- (continued from previous page)will calf easy. This is said if a person is lucky at cards or anything else
You could not beat it with a stick.
Don't take a slate off the house, is said when a man is being pressed to take a drink in a public house.
If you never court you will never marry
As lame as a duck.
He was march go leor. (is said about one who has enough of drink taken.
As drunk as a stick.
He'd drink the foot of a pot.
As bald as a duck-egg.
As thick as a bull's lug seven times doubled.
As bald as a coot.
Grass won't grow on a busy street is the answer.
A bald headed man gived when someone refers to his bald head or you never saw an ass bald(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Ena Ní Cheallaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Collector
- Mairtín Ó Riagáin
- Gender
- Male
- Collector
- Prionsias Ní Mhóráin
- Gender
- Female
- Collector
- Tomas de Stonduin
- Gender
- Male
- Collector
- Tomás Mac Giobúin
- Gender
- Male
- Collector
- Treasa Ingham
- Gender
- Female
