School: Sraith, Magh Sheasta
- Location:
- Sragh, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Gormáin
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- Signs of rain: When the moon is covered with clouds. When far off hills look near. When swallows fly very low. When the cricket sings loudly and sharply. When the frog changes his colour. The dogs eat grass. The fishes rise above the water. The ducks quack loudly.
- Collector
- Flannán Mac Cuirtín
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Sragh, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Séamus Mac Cuirtín
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 62
- Address
- Sragh, Co. Clare
- How would you bring a fox, a goose, and a sheaf of oats across a river without letting the fox eat the goose or the goose eat the sheaf of oats? Bring out the goose first and leave her outside. So back again for the fox and bring him out. Take back the goose again and leave her behind. Bring out the sheaf of oats and leave it outside with the fox. Then go back for the goose.
Why is a shoemaker like a priest?
Because he keeps the soles together.
Though I dance at a ball, Yet I am(continues on next page)
