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School: St. Anne's (B.)

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Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Mac an t Saoir
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    makes Jack a dull boy"
    "Do your duty, leave the rest to God."
    "Come day go day God send Sunday"
    "One Magpie for bad luck."
    "Two for (good) joy"
    "Three for a girl"
    "Four for a boy"
    "Five for money"
    "Six for gold."
    "Seven for a secret that shall never be told"
    "A wet and windy May fills the garden full of hay."
    "A wet May and a dry June makes the farmer whistle a merry tune."
    "Only for only the sky would fall, only for only there
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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
    Emmet Clarke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
    Collector
    Johnny Kearans
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
    Collector
    Philip Shaffrey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
    Collector
    Sean Traynor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
    Collector
    Willie Cahill
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Galbolie, Co. Cavan