School: Rathfeigh (roll number 10281)
- Location:
- Rathfeigh, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Mrs Rose Madden
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0686, Page 277
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- (continued from previous page)(189) September blow soft
Till fruit be in loft.
(190) On Saint Matthews Day (21st September shut up the bee.
(191) Never eat a blackberry after Michaelmas Day, for the devil spits on them.
(192) October has always twenty-one fine days.
(193) If on the trees the leaves still hold,
The coming winter will be cold.
(194) You can't blow away a November fog with a fan.
(195) A green Christmas makes a fat grave-yard.
(196) A wet December empties the granary.
(197) If the milky way in December shows clear,
You may safely count on a fruitful year.
(198) When oak trees bend with snow in January, good crops may be expected.
(199) A January Spring is worth nothing.(continues on next page)
