School: Fairymount, Crettyard, Carlow (roll number 4776)
- Location:
- Doonane, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Ml. Ó Gormáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0838, Page 021
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- (continued from previous page)day is coming.Cattle and sheep bleat and come near the home when storms is about to take place. The cat scratches the furniture with her claws. Birds in flocks which fly to the rookery in the evenings such as crows and starlings keep quite near the earth when storm and rain are at hand. They do the opposite on fine evenings. Migratory birds like the wild goose and woodcock come in winter showing the hard weather at hand. The approach of the cuckoo and swallow tell us that summer is nigh
- Collector
- Molly B. Fitzpatrick
- Gender
- Female
