School: Cnoc an Teampaill
- Location:
- Knockatemple, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: E. Ní Chruacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0998, Page 070
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- Signs of Rain.
The hollow winds begin to blow,
The clouds look black, the glass is low
The soot falls down and spaniels sleep
And spiders from their cobwebs creep.
Last night the moon went pale to bed
The moon in haloes hid her head
The boding shepherd heaved a sigh
To see a rainbow in the sky.
The walls are damp, the ditches smell
Closed is the pink-eyed pimpernel.
At dusk the squalid toad was seen
Hopping and crawling o'er the green.
The whirling wind the dust obeys,
And in its rapids eddies plays,
The frog has changed his yellow vest,
And in a russet coat is dressed.(continues on next page)
