School: Camross, Mountrath (roll number 15933)

Location:
Camross, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Heifearnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0827, Page 043

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0827, Page 043

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  1. The signs of rain.
    The hollow winds begin to blow,
    The clouds look black,
    the glass is low.
    The soot falls down the spanards sleep,
    The spiders from their cob-webs creep.
    Last night the sun went pale to bed,
    The moon in hollows hid her head.
    The boarding shepherds heeves a sigh to see a rainbow span the sky.
    The walls are damp, the ditches smell.
    Closed eye the pink eye pimper nell.
    Hark! How the chairs
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    James Lyons
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Srahanboy, Co. Laois