School: Drong (2)
- Location:
- Drung, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Fháinín
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- "As wicked as a weasel"
"As dry as a bone"
"As good as gold"
"As quiet as a mouse"
"in your shoes"
Is said when a person is in trouble
Another person says "I would not like to be in your shoes" - "As I roved out"
This is said when a person is telling a story and another person doesn't believe it
he says "Now that's all as I roved out"
"Out of sight out of mind"
"Looking for a needle in a bundle of straw"
"No use in crying over spilt milk"
"Since Adam was a boy"
"There's a hole in the ballad"
"He's not all there"
"There's a state off"
"He's not square"
"He's not right in the head"; means
"Let him cont in the skin he heated in"
"I'll make him scratch where he doesn't itch" means I'll punish him in some way(continues on next page)A more recent version of this transcript is awaiting approval