School: Carrowreagh (roll number 15220)
- Location:
- Carrowreagh, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Elizabeth Benson
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0185, Page 0085
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- (continued from previous page)the ground or floor they would never lift because they would say someone wanted it.
On May day some people put up no smoke until after ten o'clock in the day for fear any one would steal their butter.
Some people if they were giving milk they would put a pinch of salt in it.
- Asses are heard braying more than usual. Cocks flap their wings a great deal and hens get restless and uneasy and are seen running towards the hen house. The moon has a halo round it.
Dogs and cats get sleepy and dull and lie before the fire.
Feathers and dry leaves blow in streams and (smoke) trenches.
Cattle gather together at one corner of the field with their tails turned to the wind.
Soot often falls down the chimneys.
When the sun is setting the previous(continues on next page)
