School: Cill a' Lachtáin

Location:
Killallaghtan, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó hAllmhuráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0028, Page 0294

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    As white as a hound's cooch
    As yellow as a duck's foot
    As yellow as gold
    As yellow as a soverign.
    As yellow as a kite's claw.
    As yellow as buide mór.
    As green as grass
    As green as leak.
    As red as a coal
    As red as blood.
    As red as a rose
    As red as a berry.
    As red as scarlet.
    As red as paint.
    As blue as the sky.
    As blue as a blue rag.
    As straight as a wisp.
    As straight as a pitch-fork.
    As straight as a ribbon.
    As straight as a ladder.
    As straight as the barrel of a gun.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
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    English