School: Naomh Pádraig, Knockvicar
- Location:
- Knockvicar, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 454
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- 45. Circumstances alter cases.
46. A wet April and a dry May fills the haggard with oats and hay.
47. A sloe year is a woe year.
48. A haw year is a thaw year.
49. As mean as the Crossna beggars.
- Collector
- Máirín Nic Dhíarmuda
- Gender
- Female
- 50. It's good that mends.
51. As black as the Earl of Hell's waistcoat.
52. As proud as punch.
53. As cranky as a bag of weasels.
54. As ugly as "foot-the-pot."
55. As spunky as a Scotchman.
