1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Killyrann

School: Killyrann

Location:
Killyran, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mrs Stafford
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0964, Page 281

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0964, Page 281

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Killyrann
  2. XML Page 281
  3. XML “Proverbs”

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

  1. Proverbs

    Share Share Post
    1) If you ask a person how is some body else, he often answers There is no loss on him, which means he is all right.
    2) It's an ill wind that blows no-body good.
    3) He wouldn't buy a pig in a bag.
    4) He wouldn't sell his hen on a rainy day.
    5) A windy day is a bad day to thatch.
    6) He is as cute as a fox.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ernest Gerty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killyran, Co. Cavan