School: Baile Ruadh (Cailíní)

Location:
Ballyroe, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Fhearghail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0013, Page 279

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    These are some proverbs which I have heard locally.
    There was an old woman in this village - Monasterowen formerly who was very fond of saying this proverb - Buy me an egg and I will buy you another which meant - do me a good turn and I will do the same to you.
    "Long fair long foul is an old saying used by the local people which means. If we have a long spell of fine weather we usually have a long spell of bad weather after it.
    Fáigheann ciáróg ciaróg eile is a local seanfhocal meaning. One lazy person will find out another.
    Sometimes when somebody asks my father if he is going to do some particular job he usually answer's - Between two thoughts like Ned Smyth.
    Ned Smyth was a school - fellow of my father and was noted for his witty answers. If anybody met Ned on his way home from school and asked him - Well Ned are you coming home from school" Ned usually answered - Between two thoughts.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Eilís de Búrca
    Other names
    Eilís de Búrca
    Lizzie Burke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Monasterowen, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Pádhraic de Búrca
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 70
    Address
    Monasterowen, Co. Galway