School: Málainn (roll number 13949)
- Location:
- Malin, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Eilís Nic Uilcín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1124, Page 297
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- These are some of the old sayings which we still hear in our district:-
As sly as a fox.
As wild as a deer.
If you don't sow in the spring, you will not reap in the autumn.
As white as snow.
As black as ink.
As old as tea.
As red as blood.
As strong as a horse.
As soft as a sponge.
As hard as a rock.
As light as a feather.
As heavy as iron.
As round as a penny.
As smart as a hare.
As high as the moon.
As small as a mouse.
As sweet as honey.
Its an ill wind that blows nobody good.
Make hay while the sun shines.
- Collector
- Isaac Smyth
- Gender
- Male
