School: Ros Inbhir (roll number 14501)
- Location:
- Rossinver, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Ml. Mac Aoidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0191, Page 349
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- The principle local lore in connection with the changes of the weather is generally taken from the winds, the birds and domestic animals and is generally comprised in the following manner-:
The hallow winds begin to blow,
The cloud is black and the glass is low,
The sute[?] falls down and the spaniels sleep,
And spiders from their cobwebs creep.
Last night the sun went pale to bed,
And the moon with hallows hid her head.
The boading shepherd gave a sigh,
For see a rainbow spans the sky.
Hark, how the chairs and tables crack
Old Betty's bones are on the rack.
Loud quack the ducks, and peacocks cry,
The distant hills are looking nigh.
The cawing rooks how odd their flight,
They imitate the gliding kite.
And headlong downwards seem to fall(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Cathleen Feely
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Larganhugh, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Terence Connolly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 66
- Address
- Larganhugh, Co. Leitrim
