School: Árd-chill

Location:
Ardkill More, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Bean Uí Chonalláin
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    still person.
    25 "Don't count your chickens before they are hatched" - planning for the future.
    26. "A bride in her shimmie" (chemise) said one time to a bottle of whiskey when the outside paper was taken off.
    27. "As contrary as a sack of cats" said of a cranky person.
    28. "Yo might as well be trying to pull a cat backwards out of a stocking", trying to do something impossible.
    29. "There is no use in paying for a dog and barking yourself" - said to a person who pays a useless servant.
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