School: Mercy Convent, Baile Mathúna (roll number 3865)
- Location:
- Ballymahon, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Sr. M. Clement
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0752, Page 100
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The cats sit with their backs to the fire and they eat grass when we are going to have rain. The dog eats grass and drinks a lot of water when rain is coming. The sheep gather together in the shadiest part of the field, and the ass and horse turn their tails to a ditch when rain is coming. The frogs come into the houses and the fowl spread out their wings and pick them when we are going to have rain.
The cricket begins to chirrup, flies are seen very plentifully in the house(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Angela O' Donohoe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballymahon, Co. Longford
