School: Kilmore (roll number 13010)

Location:
Kilmore, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Eilís, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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  1. "There was lashings and leavings"
    "As busy as a nailer."
    "As clean as a new pin".
    "As fit as a fiddle".
    ""Drowning the long hour".
    "At it hammer and tongs".
    "As cross as a weasel".
    "As sharp as a needle".
    "As straight as a whip".
    "As black as soot".
    "As yellow as a duck's foot".
    "She would mind mice of a cross round."
    "He would go to his neck in the lake for you
    "He would go put his hand in the fire for you.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    T. Mc Loughlin
    Address
    Killadiskert, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    T. Mc Loughlin
    Address
    Killadiskert, Co. Leitrim