School: Mohill (B.) (roll number 12415)
- Location:
- Mohill, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Francis Flynn
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- Local SayingsWhen a person is very wet people around here say:
"You are as wet as a drowned rat."If a person wants to say you are very clean he or she says: "You are as white as snow."If a person wants to say you are very black he says: "You are as black as the pot."If a person wants to say that a thing is very dry he or she says: "It is as dry as a birds bird's nest."When a person is saying that the weather is very cold he says: "It is as cold as ice."When a person is saying you are very clean he says: "You are as clean as a new pin."When a person is saying you are very warm he says: "You are as warm as a red poker."If a person wants to say you are ver quiet he says: "You are as quiet as a mouse."If a person wants to say you are very sick he says: "You are as sick as a dog."If a person wants to say you are very thin he says: "You are as thin as twine."If a person wants to say it is very cold he says: "It is so cold it would freeze the whiskers off a brass monkey."Some people when they are saying you are a bully say: "You are as thick as you look."If a person wants to say you are very mean(continues on next page)- Collector
- James Mc Cusker
- Gender
- Male