School: Caisleán Uí Liatháin (B.) (roll number 1867)

Location:
Castlelyons, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Éamonn Ó Ceallacháin
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  1. As wicked as a basket of cats.
    As wicked as a basket of weasels.
    As wild as a hare
    As hardy as a hare
    As lively as a bee
    As ignorant as the heel of my boot
    As thick (ignorant) as a bull's lug.
    As obstinate as a mule
    "A bit of the way with everyone like 'Lana' Machree's dog
    Youth must have its fling - as the farmer said when the banb jumped out of the crib.
    Every man to his own taste - as the fellow said when he kissed the cow.
    A farmer named Fouhy of Grange, Fermoy, was
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