School: Machaire

Location:
Magherintemple, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mary Ó Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1023, Page 048

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1023, Page 048

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  1. 1. He could see a midge on a mountain
    2. He couldn't see father than his nose.
    3. He's as blind as a bat
    4. As deaf as a beetle
    5. As ignorant as a kish o' brogues
    6. As white as a hound's tooth
    7. As wicked as a weasel
    8. As quiet as a mouse.
    9. She could hear the grass growing (good hearing)
    10. Little pitchers have big ears (Used when children are in house and something private is being spoken of among the elders)
    11. Where there's muck there's luck.
    12. Its an ill wind that doesn't blow somebody good.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
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