School: Courtnacuddy (roll number 5038)
- Location:
- Courtnacuddy, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: (name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0901, Page 261
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- Old Sayings.As Mute as a mouse
As black as a beetle
As blind as a bat
As fat as a fool
As slow as a snail
As cross as the cat
As stiff as a stake
As slippery as a snake
As high as a house
As clever as a cup (?)
As tight as tuppence in a rag
As bold as brass
As good as gold.
As large as life.
As long as a late breakfast.
As red as a rose.
As green as grass.
As sweet as sugar.
As dead as a door nail.
As big as a butcher.
As stubborn as a sow.
As cool as a cucumber.
As wide as a wall.
As crooked as a rams horn.
As crooked as the hind leg of a dog.
