School: Cluain Tuaiscirt (roll number 1405)
- Location:
- Clontuskert, Co. Galway
- Teacher: (name not given)
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0029C, Page 11_016
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- The Seasons 24-11-'38Spring is the season of growth, all growing things awake. The hedges are covered over with tiny buds; the sap goes up to the top of the trees. Flocks of birds come flying across the seas. The frost melts away on account of the sunny days of spring. The plough tears through the brown earth, and the farmer sows his seeds.In Summer we have long sunny days and short warm nights. The wheat and corn grow up tall. The potatoes are covered with blossoms. The cornfields are dotted with wild poppies, and all flowers are in bloom. They are wild raspberries in every ditch and yellow gooseberries.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire Ní Coirceán
- Gender
- Female
