School: Oldcastle (C.) (roll number 12489)
- Location:
- Oldcastle, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire D. Ní Nualláin
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- (continued from previous page)as fresh as a daisy.
as soft as a curd.
as blind as a bat
as stupid as an owl
as sick as a pig
as old as the field at the back of the house.
as quick as lightning.
as long as a late breakfast.
as hard as flint.
as old as a bush.
as happy as Larry.
as bright as a shilling.
as busy as a bee.
as gay as a lark.
as pure as a lily.
as regular as clock-work.
as right as nine pence (pins).
as round as a ball.
as thick as thieves.
as steady as an old sidecar.
as pale as a ghost.
as awkward as a kish of brogues.
as dry as a bone.
as common as dyke-water.
as fit as a fiddle.(continues on next page)