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School: Barratitoppy (roll number 14664)

Location:
Barratitoppy Lower, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
S. Ó Néill
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  1. Local Sayings

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    Local Sayings.
    If you send a goose round the world it will come back a goose.
    It is a long road there is no turn to.
    Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies.
    Let sleeping dogs lie.
    A long nose is not honest.
    It is easy to pass by a dead man's door.
    A good wife is a long life.
    Father stand by me.
    Many hands make light work.
    Health is better than wealth.
    The old dog for the hard road.
    A dead man tells no lies.
    There is no fireside like your own fireside.
    Only for the law I'd break your jaw.
    A fool builds a house and a wise man lives in it.
    How are you doing. I'm doing every body and every body is trying to do me.
    Empty vessels make most sound.
    A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
    A man without money needs no purse.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita Murray
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockballyroney, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Eugene Murray
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    52
    Address
    Knockballyroney, Co. Monaghan