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School: Portlaoighse (Convent) (roll number 13386)

Location:
Port Laoise, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Sr Treasa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0835, Page 048

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    The people long ago delighted in using proverbs aptly. Many of those proverbs were spoken in Irish, or translated from the Irish version. The following proverbs were the most commonly spoken and known.
    ''Be first in a wood and last in a bog'' probably originated about the time when bogs and woods were plentiful in Ireland.
    There is a story told of an Irish soldier who was on duty when the officer came up to him. The soldier raised his hand to salute the officer; but when he was in the act of saluting, a stray bullet whizzed by and knocked off his cap. The
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nancy Delany
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Port Laoise, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Miss Phelan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Port Laoise, Co. Laois