School: Birr (Mercy Convent)
- Location:
- Birr or Parsonstown, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Sr. Flannan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0821, Page 203
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- Old Sayings"The devil's children have the devil's luck".
Said to evil persons getting on well."Sure he's only going home"
Said to a person who was often in jail.
"He'd lick the two sides of a pot".
He'd eat the Quarter sessions".
Said to a hungry personTwo of them would be cheap for half the money.
"Law-de-day" To a stylish person.
"Your a nice gazebo". To a badly dressed person. Gazebo is really spanish which means a window with a balcony.You have a face that would turn back a funeral or crack a looking glass."Oh begob you'll crack the camera, or oh, the poor camera".
To a friend going to have his photo(continues on next page)
