School: Drumgossatt (C.)
- Location:
- Drumgoosat, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Áine Nic Ghráinne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0930, Page 056
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Its often a persons mouth broke his nose, this is said when a person insults another person.
God bless the mark, this is said when a bad thing happens to a person.
He saw the good day and the bad day, this said when a person was once rich is now poor.
Cows in Connaught have long horns, this is said, because some people think that if they were away in foreign countries they would have a great time without any trouble, but that is not so.
A stitch in time saves nine. for instance if ones frock is lightly torn, and is allowed to remain unmended then becomes bigger and whereas, if it had been sown in time(continues on next page)
