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1. Local Sayings

   

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   As mad as a hatter.
   As cute as a fox
   As rich as a jew
   As quiet as a lamb
   As white as snow
   As black as soot
   As old as the hills
   As busy as a nailer
   As straight as a rule
   As sore as a boil
   As wise as Solomon
   As dark as a dungeon
   As tight as murder
   As dry as snuff
   As dark as a bottle
   As hard as flint
   As fit as a fiddle.
   There are none as blind as they that won't see.
   He pays him as his own coin.
   As lazy as sin.
   As wild as a March hare.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. proverbs (~4,377)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Brighid Ní Bhraonáin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Fallaghmore, Co. Laois

   Informant

   Cáit Ní Bhraonáin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Fallaghmore, Co. Laois

   Informant

   Séamas Mac Giolla Brighde

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Clopook, Co. Laois

   Informant

   Sighle Nic Aodha

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Fallaghmore, Co. Laois

   Informant

   Uinsionn De Laoighseach

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Clopook, Co. Laois