School: Camross, Mountrath (roll number 15933)

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1. The Signs of Rain (continued)

   

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   and tables crack.
   Old Betty's joints are on the rack.
   Loud quack the ducks the peacocks cry.
   The distant hills are looking nigh.
   How restless are the snorting swine
   the busy flies disturb the kine.
   Low 'ver the grass the swallow wings
   The cricket too how sharp she sings
   Puss on the hearth with velvet paws sits wiping 'ver her whisker jaws
   Through the clear streams the fishes rise and elumorous catch the

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   James Lyons

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   60

   Address

   Srahanboy, Co. Laois