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School: Killmallock Convent School

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Kilmallock, Co. Limerick
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0528, Page 263

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    As high minded as the goats in Kerry
    As cracked as a goat
    Like a bull in a china shop
    As silly as a fool
    As blind as a bat
    As crooked as an ass
    As slippery as an eel
    As lazy as sin
    As honest as the day
    As sharp as a needle
    As cute as a fox
    As true as steele
    As wrong as Moll bell
    As big a fish in the sea as ever was caught
    As highly as sin
    Too sweet to be wholesome
    As proud as Lucifer
    As rich as a Jew
    As happy as a queen
    As neat as a new pin
    As poor as a church mouse
    As tall as a house
    Too big for his boots
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Riordan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilmallock, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mrs O' Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    65
    Address
    Kilmallock, Co. Limerick