School: Raharney (B.)
- Location:
- Ráth Fhearna, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: S. Ó Conmhidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0727, Page 161
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- (continued from previous page)"Sheet the bed" Throw up one and spredd out hands over those on ground
- The night as as black as if the horse kicked it.
As thick as a double ditch
As blind as a bat.
As light as a fiddle
As heavy as lead
As drunk as a blackband
As white as a hounds tooth
As black as a pot
As brown as a berry
As wild as a March hare
As big as a mountain
Hunger is good sauce
A full belly never thinks of an empty one
As quick as lightning.
As cross as a bag of cats
As cross as a brier(continues on next page)
