School: Ballyragget (B.)
- Location:
- Ballyragget, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0868, Page 005a
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- When the cat turns her back to the fire.
When a robin sings in the bottom of a bush.
When wild geese fly South-wards.
If a dog eats grass. It the smoke comes down the chimney. When the sailor's star is near the moon. If the river roars in the Summer time.
When the goat comes home from the field.
If the sky is golden in the west in the morning.
When the swallows fly high in the sky.
- 1 When the sun goes down red in the evening.
2 If you see a rainbow in the evening.
3 When the robin sings on the top of the bush.
4 If the cloud go towards the North slowly.
5 When the midges fly high in the air.
6 If the goat does not come home at night.
7 If the crows are flying high in the air.
When the rabbits are out eating grass.
