School: Baile Uí Mheirigín, Merginstown
- Location:
- Merginstown, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Áine Ní Fhearrachtáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0914, Page 304
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- Its time to speak to the devil when you meet him
Chickens come home to roost. This proverb means that if a person goes away from his or her father and mother he will be glad to return some time.
Speak of the devil and he's sure to appear. The meaning of this proverb is, if you were talking of anyone he nearly always appears on the scene during the conversation.
You cannot put an old head on young shoulders. This proverb means that you cannot make a young person quiet and sensible like an old one
The best hurler is always on the ditch This proverb means that if a person were building a wall another person(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Joseph Perkins
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Merginstown, Co. Wicklow
- Informant
- Mr Joseph Perkins
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 74
- Address
- Mullycagh Lower, Co. Wicklow
