School: Kilteel, Naas (roll number 3925)
- Location:
- Cill Chéile Íochtarach, Co. Chill Dara
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Nualláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0773, Page 414
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- 'The more rain, the more rest'.
'It is a pity that a fine day should ever do harm': said when the crops want rain.
'A blanket is all the warmer for a fold in it' said when relatives are getting married.
'When his hat is on, his house is thatched': said of a person who takes things easy and is fond of rambling.
'Burn the candle burn the inch'
'Both ends of the house on fire'
'Easy got, easy gone'
'If you put him out in the front door, he would come in the back door' said of a person that would be hard to get rid of.
There is one of Columcille's prophecies being quoted at present by the old people with regard to the Liffey Scheme water works. The prophecy says that there would be a work started in Wicklow which would never be finished and which would be the cause of the loss of life. Already a couple of men have been killed by explosions at Poul-a-Phouca.
