Parish Of St Matthew & Similies Quiz C?d 31 August

[granny grump]

Please can you help with the following

Parish of St Matthew

All the answers contain the name of an apostle

4. Any unlawful trading in Holy things (6)

Similes the answers are alphabetical

2. B????? as G??? (between Bald as a coot & Black as coal)
17. C??? as a F??? (between Clear as mud & Cool as)
18. C????? as M??? (a cucumber )
43. L??? as a D??? (between Keen as mustard & Large as Life)
51. O??? as a S???? (between Obstinate as a mule & Old as the hills)
89. W??? as a C????? (between White as a sheet & Wise as an Owl)

[Jackdaw33]

4 Simony

[granny grump]

Details

Parish of St Matthew

R Gordon 32 Hollins Plodder Lane Bolton Lancs BL4 0LF

Similies
Mrs V Newey 21 Spanker Lane Nether Heage Derbyshire DE56 2AT

[Jackdaw33]

2 Bitter as gall?
17 Cold as a fish.

[Mamyalynne]

Similes Quiz
In aid of The Village Hall at Heage

£1 Chqs to 'The Village Hall at Heage'

Mrs V Newey
21 Spanker Lane
Nether Heage
Derbyshire
DE56 2AT

Prize £10

Close date 31st August 2016

[Jackdaw33]

43 Lame as a duck?

[scorpiojo]

43 Lame as a duck?

[Jackdaw33]

I'm thinking Oily as a Snake but haven't heard it before.

[scorpiojo]

89 Wily as a coyote...?

[scorpiojo]

18 Common as muck

[Jackdaw33]

You just beat me to it there, Scorp.

[scorpiojo]

Sorry, Jack.

[Jackdaw33]

All done if my iffy anwsers are right.

[scorpiojo]

...and my iffy coyote :)

[Jackdaw33]

As I said, I was going to post coyote but you got there first, so at least we are thinking alike

[scorpiojo]

Ah, thought you meant common as muck.

[Jackdaw33]

No, hadn't worked that one out then, I was distracted by the cucumber in the wrong place.

[granny grump]

Thank you all for your help Simony thats a new one for me Jackdaw - You're never too old to learn something new:-)

[Jackdaw33]

simony noun the practice of buying or selling a religious post, benefice or other privilege.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: from Simon Magus, the Biblical sorcerer who offered money for the power to convey the gift of the Holy Spirit.

[Jackdaw33]

The story is somewhere in the Book of Acts but I can't quote chapter and verse.