School: Doire na Groighe (B.), An Bhán-tír (roll number 7450)
- Location:
- Dernagree, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Caisil
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0359, Page 205
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- (continued from previous page)the chinks in the windows and doors.
15. When the flags on the floor are damp.
16. Flying ants in large numbers.
17. The swallows flying low and the fish jumping in the streams.
18. The hens plucking their feathers.
19. The cricket singing in the hearth.
20. The frogs looking dark brown.
21. The snails creeping up the walls into the houses.
22. The midges low in the air.
23. The salt on the bacon dropping in pickle
24. The ducks quacking loudly.
25. The ripple of fords in the river being heard distinctly
26. The pilibens calling.
27. The horse with its back turned to the ditch.
29. The furniture "cracking" in the houses.
30. A pale sunset.
31. Old people suffering from the Rheumatism and "corns" aching.
32. The whirling dust on the roads.
- Collector
- Jeremiah Cronin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Island-dahill, Co. Cork
