School: Srónaill (Shronell) (roll number 15008)
- Location:
- Shronell, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Liam Ó Catháin
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- (continued from previous page)in dear times.
- Q1. What have twelve wings and can't fly?
A. A shilling.
Q2. What goes from Dublin to Cork without ever moving?
A. The Railway.
Q3. Four- lillie landers, two stillie standers and fly whipper?
A. A cow
Q4. Up shime-sherry down shime-sherry and all the men in Ireland could not clime shime-sherry?
A. The smoke. - Collector
- Patrick Deere
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Shronell, Co. Tipperary
- 1. Signs of weather: When the sky is very cloudy its a sign of rain.
When the sun is very warm it is a sign of good weather.
2. Birds and animals: When the robin is about the house it is a sign of frost.When the animals are running in summer times its the sign of rain.When the cat has its back to the fire its the sign of bad weather.
3. Patural signs: When the floor is damp its the sign(continues on next page)
