School: Crosserlough

Location:
Crosserlough, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
L. Reilly
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    As black as soot
    As grumpy as a cat.
    As rusty as an old gun
    As fat as butter.
    As thin as a rush.
    As thin as a worn sixpence.
    As wizen as a witch.
    As fresh as paint.
    As happy as an ass in a drain.
    As white as a shilling.
    As white as a sheet.
    Little the better of you.
    As black as a sloe.
    As thin as a whip.
    As red as a rose.
    As big as a house.
    As white as the driven snow.
    The day of the wind is not the day if the scollop.
    March will serch April try and May will tell you whether you'll live or die.
    As right as rain.
    As safe as the bank.
    As safe as meal in the chist.
    The nearer the bone the sweeter the beef.
    Beauty won't boil the pot.
    As the cap fits wear it.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
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