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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0250, Page 051

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    Proverbs Continued 7-12-1934
    "What have you a tongue in your head for" as Johnny Dooner said to his wife when she was dying. The neighbors say that when Mrs Dooner was dying, she said to Johnny who was standing by her death-bed "God help me, that's dying now and doesn't know where I'm going" Johnny made answer on the spot and said "What have you a tongue in your head for." So anyone who does not know the way to someplace he or she is going gets the same answer. "What have you a tongue in your head for" but to ask " Johnny Dooner was a tailor who lived in the townland of Cloonieffer, Parish of Elphin and Co Roscommon, and died 20 years ago.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Alphonsus Rushe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Shankill, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Patrick Larkin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Carrownamorheeny, Co. Roscommon