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School: Aughrim (C.)

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Aughrim, Co. Wicklow
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    Local Sayings
    i The butter is coming through the stir(r)about.
    ii Eating the big one with the little one (a potato and a bit of salt.)
    iii What's in the cat will be in the k(n)itten.
    iiii A Seasonal saying :- On Little Christmas Day (January 6th) the day is a cock's step longer on a dunghill
    v Of the sick :- March will search, April will try
    And May will tell whether you live or die.
    vi During a thunder storm :- The Sign of the Cross is made and someone says "There(s) goes the artillery of the Almighty.
    Gladys Roache,
    Killaduff House,
    Aughrim,
    Co. Wicklow.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gladys Roache
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killaduff, Co. Wicklow