School: Creach na mBearna
- Location:
- Greaghnafarna, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Tomás Breathnach
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Local Sayings
"A shut mouth catches no flies" said when silence is advisable.
"It is not the silent person who knows least"
"Don't build your meal on a closed fist when giving charity"
"Hear, see, and say nothing"
"Gods help is often nearer than the door"
"He knows better than to sell his hen on a rainy day" Said of a person who is wise enough to do what suits himself.
"As he made his bed let him lie on it" A narrow gathering has a wide scattering.
You can't eat meal and whistle at the same time.
A lie is like a cow manure the more you try to tramp it down the further you spread it.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary A. Mc Manus
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rover Lower, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Mrs Christie
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Arigna, Co. Roscommon
