School: Windgap, Thomastown (roll number 5698)
- Location:
- Windgap, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0852, Page 044
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- (continued from previous page)As slippery as an eel.
Beware of the honeyd words of the hypocrith.
Tis a long road that there is no turn in.
Ploug deep while sluggers sleep and you will have corn to sell and keep.
Never take the book by the cover, nor a man by his coat
Tis not worth while to halve a cherry.
It is not worth while to turn a herring when it is half eaten.
- In Mr Bergin's field in Chioctha-Beag there is a fairy fort and there are very big strong briars, and very weak bushes growing around it and whenever anyone anyone would cut the strong briars or trees they would surely get sick or get sore hands.
A long time ago a man named James Doran of Serchin aged fifty years years bought the field from Mr Bergin and he had a rick of hay in the field and this day he went and cut some of the strong briars to cover the rick and not knowing about it cut some of them and the worst of it was nobody saw the poor man going to cut them for if they did he would(continues on next page) - Collector
- Mary Ann Quanne
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