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The story on this page has been taken from the Dúchas web site, page http://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/5044790/5038434/5083168and pages following. An image of the original manuscript can be viewed on the Dúchas page as well as more detailed information about the informant and recorder of the story. Copyright and licence information appears at the bottom of this page. |
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1) If you ask a person how is some body else, he often answers There is no loss on him, which means he is all right.
2) It's an ill wind that blows no-body good.
3) He wouldn't buy a pig in a bag.
4) He wouldn't sell his hen on a rainy day.
5) A windy day is a bad day to thatch.
6) He is as cute as a fox.
Collector: Ernest Gerty
Address: Killyran, Co. Cavan
Informant: Name not given
School: Killyrann
Location: Killyran, Co. Cavan
Teacher: Mrs StaffordEnd.
Thanks to B. McGovern who transcribed this and a great many other pages of the The Schools' Collection, from the National Folklore Collection Archives.
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