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Shortly after this, his brother Tom followed his example; but as he had saved something, he made up to Val Slevin's daughter, that had a fortune of twenty guineas, a cow and a heifer, with two good chaff beds and bedding. * In Irish the proverb is "Ha naha la na guiha la na scuilipagh:" that is, the windy or stormy day is not that on which the scollops should be cut.
Isn't it time enough for you or me to think o' the world these ten years to come?" "Ay," replied Frank, "but when we come to join it isn't the time to begin to think of it; don't you know what the ould saying says ha nha la na guiha la na scuillaba it isn't on the windy day that you are to look for your scollops."* * The proverb inculcates forethought and provision.
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