School: Kilcoskan, The Ward
- Location:
- Kilcoskan, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: (name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0788, Page 33
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- (continued from previous page)"He's a pair of feet that would flag the park"
That's a rale (real) North Easter, it would blow the whiskers off a brass monkey.
There is a wind blowing that would blow the whiskers off a shrimp.
God speed you, the devil guide you
The devil go along with you in case you would go alone.
You're as fat as a ladder (sarcasm)
You're like a razor
You're like a frizzled up rat.
She is as thick a sack.
She is as thick as a stone wall and a double ditch
I have a pain in my head that would split sticks
He is that great a thief that he would steal the cross off an ass,
I hear you but I don't heed you(continues on next page)
