School: Murrintown (roll number 13707)
- Location:
- Murntown, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Chléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0879, Page 228
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- "Where there is muck there is luck"
"You cant whistle and eat"
"A dog's lick is a cure"
"Far away cows wear long horns"
"A sitting hen never gets fat"
"It's better be merry than sad"
"One look before you is worth two looks behind you."Willie Whitty was an old man who lived in the Redsheire near Murrintown and he was very inquisitive. When a boy or a girl asks many questions he is said to be "As bad as Willie Whity."
Local people say "You're a regular Willie Whitty"A man once upon a time planted a rose bush He put phosphate on it too soon, and killed it. Since then when anything that is cared well dies it is said to be "like Morgan Jackman and the rose bush."Other proverbs are :-
"A New broom sweeps clean"
"An empty sack wont stand"
"A stitch in time saves nine"(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nick Breen
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mr D. Stanards
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cleristown, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Mrs Breen
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cleristown, Co. Wexford
