School: Áthán (B.), Lios na Groighe (roll number 14173)
- Location:
- Áthán, Co. Luimnigh
- Teacher: Seán Ó Héalaithe
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0523, Page 435
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- (continued from previous page)would bring in after a wet night
(154) You dirty thing
the cat brought in
a cold & frosty morning
(155) He's as fresh as daisy
(156) He's as fresh as a lark
(157) That man has no toothache now (meaning he's dead)
(158) That beats the band (means it beats all)
(159) He ought to be ashamed of his shadow
(159a) He's as soft as a loaf
(160) He's as fit as a fiddle
(161) He's as white as a lily
(162) He's as soft as butter
(163) He's as yellow as a primrose
(165) I'll flatten you as flat as a pancake (fighting)
(166) "As dirty as a sweep"
(167) Don't be as green as your cabbage looking(continues on next page)
