School: Lurga, Patrick's Well (roll number 10317)
- Location:
- Kilcolman, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Bhroin
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- 1. He drank his nuff of tea.Local Expressions.If you were asking your mother for money for clothes, she would say. "I haven't as much money as would buy a jacket for a gooseberry". - "I'm stoney broke"To a man that would have no money.
"He hasn't a penny to his name".
"He's as tight as tuppence".
"He'd skin a flea for a halfpenny".To a man who would not spend money.
"He'd frame a halfpenny".If you were eating a lot for your breakfast, your mother would say. "You'd eat a child out of the (?) small (?).
"He'd eat the quarter sessions". About a person who has a great appetite.
One who is very tight about money. "He'd follow a crow for a spud".Talking about a sly person. "You'd think butter wouldn't melt in her mouth".
"There's more ways of choking a dog besides with butter - Meaning there are several ways of doing harm.
"As long as grass grows and water runs, they have that place".
"She'd talk the leg of a pot".
"Her face is as black as the ace of spades".
"The kettle calling the pot black".About a stout person - "She wouldn't go out the door for you".(continues on next page)
