School: Baile Idir Dhá Abhainn (roll number 13196)
- Location:
- Riverstown, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Ml. Mac Lochlainn
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- (continued from previous page)and a wooden hat.
Ans - A pot.
What goes round the house and round the house and sits in the corner at night.
Ans - twig.
One half dead the other half living and a tail wagging.
Ans - A dog with its head in pot.
- When smoke comes straight up the chimney it is a sign of rain.
When the dust on the roads blows with the wind it is a sign of rain.
When seagulls fly low it is the sign of rain.
When a morning is dark and the sun rises late the day will be good and when the morning is bright the day will be(continues on next page) - Collector
- Mary Maye
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Riverstown, Co. Sligo
