School: Mullach Dubh

Location:
Lisgorman, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Blioscáin

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Proverbs

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0203, Page 193

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What cut in the wood and sounds in the town and earns a man many a pound. A fiddle.
What goes in dry and comes out wet the longer it lives the stronger it gets. Tears.
How many feet has twenty sheep the shepard and his dog. Two feet.
Forty sheep went out a gap forty more followed that thirty-seven twice eleven three and two how much is that. Five sheep.
Headed like a thimble tailed like a rat you may guess for ever but you'll never guess that. A pipe.
I ran and got it, I sat down to search for it, I couldn't get it, and I brought it home with me. A thorn.
Whats full and holds more. A pot when you poor in water.
What goes from house to house and sleeps outside. A path.

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Collector
Margaret Mc Ginley
Gender
female
Address
Lisgorman, Co. Leitrim
Informant
Mrs M. Hamilton
Gender
female
Address
Lisgorman, Co. Leitrim
Language
English