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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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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1012, Page 207

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    you will be dead next year."
    "It is hard for an empty sack to stand upright"
    "It is unlucky to look into a mirror after dark."
    "It is unlucky to meet a black cat with white paws on the road."
    "If you look through a window at a new moon you will break delph."
    "If you see a straw hanging from a hen (your) there will come a stranger to the house"
    "If a turf falls from the fire there is a stranger coming to the house"
    "Each cloud has its silver lining"
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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