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School: Clonfinlough, Athlone

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Clonfinlough, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
E. Ní Mhionacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0812, Page 238

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    Hark how the chairs and tables crack.
    Old Betty's joints are on the rack
    Loud quacks the the peacocks cry
    The distant hills are looking nigh.
    How restless are the snorting swine
    The busy flies disturb the kine.
    Low o'er the (swo) grass the swallow wings.
    The cricket too how sharp he sings
    Puss on the hearth with velvet paws
    Sits wiping o'er her whiskered jaws
    Through the clear stream the fishes rise.
    And nimbly catch the incautious flies.
    The glow worms numerous and bright.
    Illumed the dewy dell last night
    At dusk a squalid toad was seen hopping and crawling o'er the green
    The whirling wind the dust obeys
    And in a rapid eddy plays
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Lowe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowkeel, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    William Lowe
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    83
    Address
    Carrowkeel, Co. Offaly