School: Gurteen, Durrow (roll number 7652)

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1. A Funny Story

   

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   Once upon a time there was a man who was silly. One day he was walking along the road and a man took a pound note out of his pocket. When the man doing this there was a policeman looking at him. He said to the other man "did you not feel him putting his hand into your pocket. "I did" said he "but I thought it was my own hand.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
      2. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. jokes (~6,086)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eilís Ní Bhreacain

   Gender

   Female

2. Signs of Rain

   

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   When the soot falls down the chimney.
   When the dog drinks water.
   When your corns ache.
   When a robin comes into the kitchen.
   When the mountains seem to be near.
   When the curlews cry.
   When there is a rainbow in the sky.
   When the clouds seem to be moving.

   

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