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

Location:
Ardagh, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Máire Ní Mhadagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0487, Page 044

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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.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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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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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Mulcahy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    11
    Address
    Kilrodane, Co. Limerick