School: Béal Átha Gabhann (Silvermines), Nenagh (roll number 15696)

Location:
Silvermines, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Floinn
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  1. 1) When is a watch hungry.
    Answer When it is going to eight o'clock (eat a clock).
    2) Two thirds of a cross and a circle complete two semi-circles a perpindicular meet a right-angled triangle standing on two feet two semi-circle and a circle complete.
    Answer TOBACCO
    3) When is a gander called a goose?
    Answer When he is in the pot.
    4) If you got up on an ass, what would you get down off.
    Answer A goose.
    5) What is it that has eyes and it cannot see, ears and it can't hear, feet and it can't walk and yet it can jump as high as Nelson's Pillar.
    Answer A dead ass.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Joe Quirke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Silvermines, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr Thomas Quirke
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Silvermines, Co. Tipperary
  2. Weather Lore
    1) When a ring is seen around the moon at night it is a sign of rain.
    2) When the sky is cloudy and not many stars seen it is another bad sign.
    3) When theswallows fly low it is the sign of rain.
    4) When the wild geese fly south it is the sign of snow.
    5) When the seagulls fly inland is another belief of
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