School: Baile an tSagairt (roll number 13985)
- Location:
- Ballysaggart, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Prionnsias Ua Coilín
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1039, Page 6
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- 1. When the cat scrapes wood.
2. When you see horns from the setting sun.
3. When the air gets light or warm in winter.
4. If the moon looks red.
5. Stars twinkling in the sky.
6. Ducks flapping their wings and quacking.
7. A heavy swell from the ocean.
8. Sea gulls soaring high in the sky.
9. A cloudless stary [sic] sky.
10. A green sea.
11. The sound of the sea far off.
12. Little shiny webs in grass.
13. When you see the ships coming into the harbour.
14. When you see water dogs going about looking for shelter.
15. When there are goat's whiskers to be seen in the sky.
16. When the wind suddenly tumbles back to the South.
17. A very bright night.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Alice Mc Cready
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Informant
- Patrick Mc Gowan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Occupation
- Fisherman
