School: Abbeylara
- Location:
- Abbeylara, Co. Longford
- Teacher: John O' Meara
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- (continued from previous page)with her paw - when the crows congregate in large numbers flying low and cawing loudly and especially in the Autumn when they settle in the fields and meadows - when the peacocks cry aloud - when the curlews scream loudly in the sky - when you can see the smoke from the train - when the crane visits the local streams - when the smoke instead of going up straight from the chimney falls in clouds about them - when those who suffer from rhematism in their limbs and corns on their feet feel their pains getting worse - when the distant hills are looking nigh - when you can hear the bels clearly at a long distance - when the hills are capped by a mist or fog and if on a misty morning the mist goes up instead of falling - when there is no dew on the grass on a Summer morning - when the dog eats grass - when the water goes down quickly on ponds and rivers(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Peter Higgins
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 69
- Address
- Abbeylara, Co. Longford