School: Castlecoote (roll number 6344)
- Location:
- Castlecoote, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Ghabhláin
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- Hills are green far away and when you get near them they are great.
Time is a good fortune teller.
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God never sees it. We see it everyday and the king seldom sees it.
'God's own equal'
"I couldn't stand money of the 'Grisset' was down This sentence is used when ^old people are asked to pay "young people" for some luxuries.
"A new broom sweeps clean but the old one minded the corners." said when a daughter-in-law comes in a house where there is a mother-in-law.
Men build houses but women build homes.
