School: Snaidhm (C.) (roll number 11799)
- Location:
- Sneem, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Mrs Palmer
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- (continued from previous page)The moon in halo hid her head
The brooding shepherd heaves a sigh
For seeing the rainbow spans the sky
The walls are damp, the ditches smell
Close to the pink - eyed Pimpernel
Hark! how the chairs and tables crack
Old Betty's joints are in the rack
Loud quake the ducks the peacocks cry
And distant hills are looking nigh
Rush in the heart with velvet paws
Sits wiping s'er his whisker jaws
T' will surely rain, I see with sorrow
Our jaunt must be put off to - morrow
Farmers looked for the star following the moon always, as they learned from it whith [?] it was safe to leave their hay out or whether it was better to make it up. One night a certain family did not make up their hay and when they went out to look for the star it wasn't there, as they began to make up their hay. They were making the cocks, but as fast as they made them they were knocked again. This went on for some time until at last the farmer himself was struck with a pike. He looked around and he heard a voice say "You have all the day(continues on next page)- Informant
- Denis Cronin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Sneem, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Mrs O Sullivan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gearha North, Co. Kerry