School: Rathcarran (roll number 4370)
- Location:
- Ráth Chairn, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Caitlín Ní Chonnachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0697, Page 221
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- (continued from previous page)where her foot should be? When she is knitting a stocking.
- 1. As dead as a door-nail.
2. As white as snow.
3. As bold as a pig.
4. As thick as a ditch.
5. As red as blood.
6. As black as soot.
7. As bright as the day.
8. As sweet as honey.
9. As fat as a fool.
10. As cute as a mouse.
11. As clever as a fox.
12. As cross as the cats.
13. As cold as ice.
14. As bright as a shilling.
15. As hard as iron.
16. As high as the sky.(continues on next page)
