School: Ramonan
- Location:
- Ramonan, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: Maeve Turner
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- There are a lot of local proverbs and sayings in this district, some of them are ; -
"A haw year is a breag year."
"If Candlemas Day is fair and clear, you will have two winters, the one year."
"If a cuckoo sings on a bare thorn you will have bad weather."
"If the oak blooms before the ash you will have a late spring"There is a rhyme about magpies and this is it. -
"One for sorrow,
Two for joy,
Three for a wedding,
Four for a boy,
Five for silver,
Six for gold,
Seven for a secret not to be told."Here are some(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Byers
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile Shéamais Dhuibh, Co. an Chabháin
