School: Srónaill (Shronell) (roll number 15008)

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1. Local Riddles

   

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   Q 1 What goes up when the sun goes down?
   A. An umbrella.
   Q 2 Black I am and much admired men and horses I have tired gold and silver I have cost and in the dumpit I am cast?
   A A load of coal.
   Q 3. What time is it when the clock strikes thirteen?
   A Time to get a new one.
   Q 4. What part of a cow goes over a ditch first?
   A. Her breath?
   Q. 5. This inside the house this outside the house and this under the house?
   A. A window.

   

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2. Weather-Lore

   

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   1. Signs of weather in sky, sun, moon and stars When the sky is black you are going to have bad weather. 2. The south-west wind brings rain. When the birds are all outside the house it is the sign of frost. When you see the cat eating grass it is a sign of rain. When the light of the fire is blue it is the sign of rain when the smoke goes

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      1. weather-lore (~6,442)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Dombo Daly

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Lattin North, Co. Tipperary