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School: Barratitoppy (roll number 14664)

Location:
Barratitoppy Lower, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
S. Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0954, Page 125

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    A man without money need no purse, and a man without learning is nine times worse.
    A friend in need is a friend indeed.
    It is a long road that there is no turn to.
    Pat from home had never been in a railway train he had never seen. He longed to see that big machine, that runs along the railway.
    It is an ill wind blows nobody good.
    Only for the law I would break your jaw.
    Bernard MacKenna
    Dernasell
    Scotstown
    Co Monaghan
    Told by:
    Joe MacKenna, 63 years
    Dernasell
    Scotstown
    Co Monaghaan
    1/2/38
    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
    Bernard Mac Kenna
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derrynasell East, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Joe Mac Kenna
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    63
    Address
    Derrynasell East, Co. Monaghan