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School: Árd-chill

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Ardkill More, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Bean Uí Chonalláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0978, Page 278

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    at playing cards when a person is near winning and loses.
    7. "There are more ways for killing a dog than choking him with butter, said when a person tries one way of doing a thing and fails or tries a sly way of doing a thing.
    8. "He let the cat out of the bag" said of one who tells a secret.
    9. "He got his head in the halter" said of one who gets into trouble through his own fault.
    10. "You won't catch old birds with chaff" said when a person tries to fool a cute person.
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    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
    Ben Galligan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ardkill More, Co. Cavan