School: Srónaill (Shronell) (roll number 15008)

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1. Local Riddles

   

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   Q.1. Where was Adam when the light went out?
   A. In the dark.

   Q.2. Betty inside the ditch Betty outside the ditch if I touch her she will burn me?
   A. A Nettle

   Q.3. As I went out one morning I met my uncle Davie I shook hands with him and his nose began to bleed?
   A. A pump.

   Q.4. What is it that has a swelled head and stands on one leg
   A. A head of cabbage.

   

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2. Weather-Lore

   

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   1. Signs of weather in sky. Red clouds in the West at sunset, mean fine weather. Yellow clouds on the West at sunset means wet weather. A ring around the moon, mean wet weather. A rainbow in the morning is a sign of wet weather and a rainbow in the evening is a sign of wet weather. 2. The wind: When the wind is from the south it is a sign of stormy weather, when the wind is from the east it is a sign of bad weather. When the wind is from the north it is a sign of frosty or snowy weather. When the

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   Topics

   1. seánra
      1. seanchas aimsire (~6,442)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Lillie Nash

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Srónaill, Co. Thiobraid Árann