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Cha boght as lugh killagh
As poor as a church mouse
Hooar eh baase ayns boghtynid
He died in want
Ta'n boghtynid chionney er
He feels the pinch of poverty
T'eh cur y beeal boght er
He is crying poverty
Ren eh beaghey ayns boghtynid doogh
He lived in dire poverty
Ren eh lhiettrimys er ny boghtyn
He screwed down the poor
V'eh loayrt boghtynid
He was talking double Dutch
Cha jean eh fuillaghtyn lhied y boghtynid er chor erbee
He won't suffer that nonsense at all
Ta mee ayns boghtynid
I am down and out
S'boght yn skeeal eh
It is a hard case