OLD SAYINGS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1500, 7 March 1887, Page 2

OLD SAYINGS.

Aa poor as a churoh mouse, As thin as a rail ; As fat sb a porpoise, , As rough as a gale ; As brave as a lion, As spry as a cat ; As bright as a sixpence, As weak as a rat. As proud as a peaoook, As sly as a fox ; As shy as a March hare, Aa strong as an ox ; As white as a lily, As empty aa air ; As rich as a Croesus, As cross as a bear. As pure aa an angel, As neat as a pin ; As smart as a steel trap, As ugly as sin ; As dead as a door-nail, As white as a sheet; As flat as a pancake, As red as a beet. As round as an apple, Asblaok as a hat; As brown as a berry, As blind as a bat $ As mean as a miser, As full as a tick ; As plump as a partridge, Ab sharp as a stick. As olean, as a penny, As dark as a pall ; As hard as a millstone, As bitter as gall ; ' As fine as a fiddle, As dear as a bell ; As dry as a herring, As deep as a well. As light as a feather, As hard as a rook ; As stiff as a poker, As calm as a olook ; As green as a gosling, As brisk aa a bee ; And now let roe stop Lest you weary of me.