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School: Gowna

Location:
Scrabby, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Hugh Murray
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0986, Page 077

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  1. Phrases in Use of Doubtful Origin (continued)

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    Come lucky go lucky.
    Hop and go constant. "lame man's tune"
    Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies.
    As mad as a March Hare.
    As thick as a double ditch.
    As crooked as the hind leg of a dog.
    'A cock's jump on a dung hill' denotes increase in length of each day after Christmas.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English