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School: Errill, Ballybrophy (roll number 928)

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Errill, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Ss. Ó Braonáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0828, Page 384

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    (The poor) meals were porridge. Every day and old woman names Pat Dunne used come for those meals. This day old Pat got an extra bit of porridge on his plate, and he was making a laugh of the other people who did not get as much as he. When Pat was starting in to eat the plate of porridge a young boy gave the plate of porridge a kick, and the plate and porridge were knocked on the ground.The boy who kicked the plate got all the porridge and old Pat lost all. The proverb connected with this story is; - "He who grabs most loses all."
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Tomás Ó Bheacáin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    37
    Occupation
    Ceannaí
    Address
    Ballagharahin, Co. Laois