School: Currach Ruadh (roll number 2915)
- Location:
- Curraghroe, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: -
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- (continued from previous page)Is the shepherds warning,
A rainbow a night is the shepherds delight.
A blue blaze in the fire denotes bad weather. The south-west wind usually brings most rain.
Loud quack the ducks, the peacocks cry;
The distant hills are looking nigh;
How restless are the snorting swine!
The busy fly disturb the kine.
Low o'er the grass the swallow wings,
The cricket too how sharp he sings,
Puss on the hearth with velvet paws,
Sits wiping o'er his whisker jaws.
See the rook how odd his flight!
They imitate the gliding kite.
Headlong downward seem to fall,
As if they felt the piercing ball.
The dog so altered in his taste,
Quits mutton bones on grass to feast.
The frog has changed his yellow vest,
And in a russet coat is dressed.
The smoke ascending straight from the chimney denotes good weather.
