School: Alt an Chuilinn
- Location:
- Altachullion, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Brigid Martin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0966, Page 083
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- Proverbs1. The drop follows the "scollop". A "scollop" is a sally rod stuck in the thatch to secure it on the roof and in heavy rain the drop often runs in at the "scollop". The proverb usually means that a good or bad trait follows for generations.
2. A chip off the same block.
3. It wasn't off the ground they licked it.
4. Tarred with the one brush.
5. It wasn't from the wind they took it (a bad habit)
6. There's a hole in the house.
7. We may lick thumbs.
8. All your fingers are not the same length.
9. Mocking is catching.
10. What the púca writes he reads.
11. He who hides finds.
12. He that has a trade has an estate.
13. Lock the door when the robbers are gone.(continues on next page)
