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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- 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 cats.
As stiff as a stake.
As slippery as a snake.
As high as a house.
As clever as a cup-tosser.
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 ram’s horn.
As crooked as the hind leg of a dog.
