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School: An Clochar, Cúil Mhaoile

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Collooney, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
An tSr. Teresita
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0177, Page 199

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  2. Local Proverbs

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    When a man says every day he will do a certain task to morrow and then breaks his promise it is said about him, "Thats the hens journey to Scotland".
    This saying comes from a story that when the hens are heard cackling after going to roost every night they are saying to one another "Tomorrow morning we will go to Scotland."
    When morning comes the hens run out of the
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