School: Carley (roll number 5332)

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   "Money makes the ware go" Money keeps the ball rolling "A wet & windy May fills the barn with corn and hay "Cast not a cloud till May is out" "Not much meal in his seeds" (a mean man). It is all ill wind that does not blow some one good. "Never trust a July sky" A patchy lake the weather will break Like lanna ma chroibha's dog (goes a bit with everyone). Cows have long horns in Connaught - Hills are green far away If you want to know me - come & live with me. Old meal is old gold Half a loaf is better than no bread. Bigger craft may venture more smaller craft must keep near shore Cut your cloth according to your measure. Hand on hand makes a bad stone wall - soft on soft makes nothing at all

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2. Festival Customs

   

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   St Stephen's Day:- Boys girls & grown up men go from house to house carrying dead wren or feather on stick
   Song or Rhyme:- "The wren the wren the king of all birds
   St Stephen's Day was caught in the furze
   Tho' she is little her family is great
   Rise up laudlady & give us a trate (tread)
   Money is gathered & divided equally
   That night, Drink & food is accepted also.

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