School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Liostuathail (roll number 4062)
- Location:
- Listowel, Co. Kerry
- Teachers: Bríd Nic Oscair An tSr. Íde An tSr. Muire
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- (continued from previous page)in horses. It was cut up and mixed through oats and given to the horse.
- As red as blood.
As white as a sheet.
As red as a wood-cock.
As tough as an ass.
As strong as a horse.
As black as a crow.
As old as the hills.
As black as the soot.
As sly as a fox.
As flat as a pan.
As round as an egg.
As wicked as a cat.
As tough as wax.
As smooth as glass.
As green as grass.
As straight as a rule.
As tough as an oak.
It would skin the nose of a brass monkey.
As green as a leek.
As white as snow.(continues on next page)
