School: Áth na gClaidheamh (roll number 10537)
- Location:
- Annagleve, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: S. Mac Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0937, Page 337
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- (continued from previous page)field and turn over little pieces of sods to pick the insects which are under them"; "the sea-gulls fly inland"; "the swallows fly low o'er the fields"; "the dust whirls on the road"; "the frog changes his coat from yellow to brown" "the far off hills look nigh".
The old sayings in the last paragraph concern the out-door signs. But now, here are some indoor signs: - "the soot falls down the chimney"; "pussy washes her face"; "the crickets chirp loud and sharp": - granny feels her rheumatism very much"; "the spiders creep from their cobwebs"; "blue blazes are seen in the fire"; "the chair crack" and "the floor becomes damp.
- Collector
- Teresa Connolly
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Tattygare, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Patrick Mc Cabe
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 79
- Address
- Tattygare, Co. Monaghan
