School: Drong (2)

Location:
Drung, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Bean Uí Fháinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1022, Page 397

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  1. "As you rear your pup you'll have your dog". This is said when a child is badly brought up and is bad when he is big.
    You say to a man who is suffering under some continued hardship.
    "Live horse and you'll get grass".
    "Your father was a bad glazier". This is said to a person who is standing in one's light.
    "A fool and his money are easily parted
    "An old dog for the hard-road and the pup for the path".
    This is said when the old person has to do the work.
    "It's hard for an empty sack to stand upward."
    "Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."
    "Many hands make light work."
    "Too many cooks spoil the broth."
    "What you never had you never lost."
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