School: Loughill, Longford
- Location:
- Laughil, Co. Longford
- Teacher: P. Ó Corcora
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0768, Page 324
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- A man was telling another how to do a certain thing but he would not. Oh said the other "You want to have your own way like the pig at the dance", and hence we get the saying.
Another man was asking another what he thought would be the safest way to go from one place to another during the war times. He was asking so many questions that the man said. "You want everybody's opinion but you will have your own after."
"Between two stools you will come to the ground".
"It's better the devil you know then the devil you dont know"
"An empty house is better than a bad tenant".
A man was talking to a workman but he would not do anything and he said "what can you expect from a pig but a grunt."
"Fools build houses for wise men to live in."
"Children and fools beware of edge tools."
"Always practice what you preach"
"Dont stare a prize horse in the mouth."
"You dont miss the shelter of the bush till its cut."
"What you wont know wont trouble you."
"Borrowed horses have hard hooves."
"Doctors differ and patients die."
"Whats one man's meat is another mans poison."
"Every ass to his own choice."
- Collector
- Bernard Kane
- Gender
- Male
