School: Aughnamullen (roll number 6284)
- Location:
- Aghnamullen, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chonghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0941, Page 004
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- (continued from previous page)9. The dog starts to eat grass.
10. The ass roars.
11. The midges bite.
12. Swallows fly low.
13. The crows fly in a cluster.
14. Loud quack the ducks.
The peacocks cry
The distant hills are looking nigh.
15.Old people feel pains in their joints "Old Betty's joints are on the rack."
16. The curlew cries.
17. The goat goes high up on the hills.
18. The sheep keep into the back of the ditches.
19. Worms come up to the surface of the clay,
20. Rain before seven, clear at eleven.
21. Rain after twelve, rain(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Conolly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Raw, Co. Monaghan
