School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ballyporeen (roll number 10437)
- Location:
- Ballyporeen, Co. Tipperary
- Teachers: An tSr Finnbarr An tSr Gabriel
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0573, Page 229
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- 1. If the mountains seemed near you.
2. If the clouds are dark.
3. If there’s a ring around the moon.
4. If a cat or dog lie with their backs to the fire.
5. If the floor is wet.
6. If a person sees blue flames in the fire.
7. If the North wind blows.
8. If the sky is very cloudy.
9. If the wind blows from the South.
10. If the smoke blows down the chimney.
11. When the Curlew whistles.
12. If the mountains are looking blue.
13. If there is gray frost.
14. If there is sparks on the kettle.
15. If there is a rainbow in the morning.
16. The hollow winds begin to blow.
17. The clouds look black, the glass is low,
18. The soot falls down and spaniels sleep,
19. And spiders from their cobwebs creep,
20. Last night the sun went pale to bed,
21. The moon it almost hid its head.
22. The aboding shepherd heaves a sigh to see a rainbow in the sky.
23. The walls are damp, the ditches smell close to the pine eye pimpernel,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora Sheehy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Moher, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Timothy O' Gorman
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Kiltankin, Co. Tipperary
