School: Boulavogue
- Location:
- Boleyvogue, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Énrí Tréinfhear
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0890, Page 237
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- ProverbsA robin in an cage sets Heaven in a rage.
Your eyes are bigger than your belly ( that means, when you are hungry you would want everything and you would leave some. Your parents would say "Your eyes etc").Joseph Doran,
Mt. George, Ferns, Co Wexford.
- Collector
- Joseph Doran
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mountgeorge, Co. Wexford
- Seek and you shall find. (that means when you find anything you should seek the owner and you should find more)A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay, a swarm of bees in June is worth a silver spoon, and a swarm of bees in July is not worth a butterfly.Patricia Bolger
Ballyorley, Boolavogue, Ferns. - Collector
- Patricia Bolger
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyorley Upper, Co. Wexford
- A cow milks out of her mouth.
When God sends a mouth, He sends something to fill it.Frank Armstrong
Boolavogue,
Ferns, Co Wexford. - Collector
- Frank Armstrong
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Boleyvogue, Co. Wexford
