School: Maoilinn (B.), Áth Treasna
- Location:
- Meelin, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Diarmuid de Brún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0350, Page 113
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- (continued from previous page)40 years ago. One day he was selling a donkey and he was neither slow, nor at a loss for words to describe his qualities. Among the many descriptions 'he is a right one' was the most prominent and the local people use it extensively to describe a person in an ironical sense.'What fools the police are not to know a drunken man'. This phrase is said to a person who insists that a person who knows his business thoroughly doesn't."Did you ever hear the story of the three wells?" "No" "Here it is - Well, well, well".
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
Every dog gets his day.
If you had the name of an early riser you could stay in bed until dinner-time.A whistling woman and a crowing hen, There isn't luck nor grace in the house they are in.Those sayings, proverbs etc recorded on pp 102-113 were obtained from several local people e.g. John P. Browne, Knockeen, Meelin. Jerh. O'Keeffe, Meelin. Florence Angland, Meelin and also from the pupils at school.
- Informant
- Florence Angland
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Meelin, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Jeremiah O' Keeffe
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Meelin, Co. Cork
- Informant
- John P. Browne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Meelin, Co. Cork
