School: Crowenstown

Location:
Crowinstown Little, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
M. Ní Bhriain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0724, Page 204

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    back to the fire, the crickets sing sharply, and the spiders creep away from their cobwebs when rain is near.
    When the stars twinkle in the sky it is a sign of frost. The rainbow in the sky is a sign of unsettled weather. The south and west winds bring most rain to my district. When the smoke ascends straight up from the chimney it is a sign of fine weather.
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  2. In the year 1908 a shed in a farm yard at Lisclogher, near Athboy was burned. In the shed there were twenty cattle, and no one could get near the door to let them out, because the fire was not seen in time. They were burned to death. The cause of the fire has never been discovered.
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Cunneen
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Lisclogher Great, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Mrs Gilmore
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Addinstown, Co. Westmeath