School: Árd-chill
- Location:
- Ardkill More, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chonalláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0978, Page 277
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- 3. "Dont buy butter for cats to lick"-dont spend on useless people or things.4. "He'd give you the birds of the bushes if you caught them yourself"- said of a person who is off-handed with things that cost nothing.5. As a child I was very anxious to catch the sparrows that came picking in the farmyard. An old man advised me to "throw salt on their tails" and I could catch them easily.6. Matt Corr Creamfield had a great hunt one day twenty years ago with a hare and his dog. The hare got away. Matt said to someone, "If the hare had wait our Brandy would have caught her," That is often said if a person loses something easily; especially(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Ben Galligan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ardkill More, Co. Cavan
