School: Drong (2)
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- Drung, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Fháinín
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- XML “A Settle Bed”
- XML “Old Sayings”
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- A Settle - BedA settle - bed can be a seat in the day time and a bed at night. A settle - bed is a very useful thing in a small house. This is the kind of it, when it is a bed.
This is the kind of it when it is a seat.Settle beds are very few now, there are only a few left in the country now. When it is a seat the bedding is inside. - Old Saying"As thick as a bull's lug". A sticth in time saves nine".
Old = auld. Mud = slurry. Under your oxter = under your arm. On your hunkers. (crop = craw bird.) [?]
"Don't cast a clout till My is out".
Means. Don't put on light clothes till June.
"Keep that for set days and bon-fire night's".
Means. If a person had a good thing that they should keep for good use and used it every day.