School: Presentation Convent, Lucan

Location:
Lucan, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
Sr M. Gabriel
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0794, Page 110

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    away far from the day-light, far under the ground, He sleeps through the winter as quiet and sound. And when all above him is frozen with snow, what is it to him for none of it he knows. And then in the frest breezy days of Spring, when the green leaves hid and the merry birds sing. And the dead of Winter is over and past, the little door mouse peeps out at last. And he says as he sits at the foot of the arch, it's a beautiful day for the first of March. The violet is blown, the blue sky is clear, the lark is uprising her carol I hear. And in the green field is the lamb and the foal, I'm glad I'm not sleeping now down in my hole. Then away he runs in his merry mood, over the field and into the wood. To find any grain there may chance to be, or any small berry that hangs on the tree. So from early morning until late at night, as from morn till night, the little doormouse ---, Looking down to the earth and up to the sky , thinking what a happy doormouse am I.
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  2. When the foot and mouth disease was raging over the country, Fr. Hunt placed a cross on a tree in Mr. Culhone's field (Ballydowd) and blessed it so as
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Greene
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballydowd, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Mr G. Thornberry
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballydowd, Co. Dublin