School: The Castle (roll number 15873)
- Teacher: O. Bean Uí Dhuinn
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1107, Page 70
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The hollow winds begin to blow,
The clouds look black, the glass is low,
The soot falls down, the spaniel sleeps.
The spiders from their cob webs creep.II
Last night the sun went pale to bed,
The moon in halos hid his head.
the boding shephard heaves a sigh.
I see a rainboy span the sky.III
The walls are damp, the ditches smell.
Closed is the pink eyed Pimpernell.
Hark! how the chairs and tables crack.
Old Betty's joints are on the rack!IV
Loud quack the ducks, the peacock cries,
The distant hills are looking nigh.
At dusk, the squalid toad is seen
Hopping & crawling o'er the green.V
The whirling wind the dust obeys,
And in the rapid eddy plays.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mrs E. A. Hamilton
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Newtown Cunningham, Co. Donegal
