School: Faughalstown (roll number 9622)
- Location:
- Faughalstown, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0720, Page 064
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- (continued from previous page)The busy fly disturbs 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 oe'r his whisker jaw
Through the clear stream the fishes rise,
And nimbly catch the incautious flies,
Hark how the chairs and tables crack,
Old Betty's joints are on the rac...
Last night the sun went pale to bed,
The moon in shadows hides his head,
T'will surely rain I see with sorrow,
Our jaunt must be put off(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Josephine Flanagan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patrick Flanagan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Whitehall, Co. Westmeath
