School: Srónaill (Shronell) (roll number 15008)
- Location:
- Shronell, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Liam Ó Catháin
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- Q 1 What goes up when the sun goes down?
A. An umbrella.
Q 2 Black I am and much admired men and horses I have tired gold and silver I have cost and in the dumpit I am cast?
A A load of coal.
Q 3. What time is it when the clock strikes thirteen?
A Time to get a new one.
Q 4. What part of a cow goes over a ditch first?
A. Her breath?
Q. 5. This inside the house this outside the house and this under the house?
A. A window.
- Collector
- Dombo Daly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lattin North, Co. Tipperary
- 1. Signs of weather in sky, sun, moon and stars When the sky is black you are going to have bad weather.
2. The south-west wind brings rain.
When the birds are all outside the house it is the sign of frost. When you see the cat eating grass it is a sign of rain.
When the light of the fire is blue it is the sign of rain when the smoke goes(continues on next page)
