School: Árd-achadh (C.) (roll number 14076)

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1. Weather-Lore (continued)

   

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   Frog with coat of brown when seen. Sign of rain. When soot falls from chimney. Sign of rain. Stripes of red in the sky. Sign of wind. When smoke from chimney goes up straight. Sign of frost. Blue blaze in the fire. Sign of rain. When an old woman's bones creak, when she stretches herself. Sign of rain.

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2. Riddles

   

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   A hard working father. A lazy old mother. Twelve young children and they all the same colour.
   (The face of a clock).

   Why is a school teacher compared to an engine driver.
   (Because one mends the train and the other trains the mind).

   Two ducks before a duck, and two ducks behind a duck, and a duck in the middle.
   (3 ducks).

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