School: Liss, Ballycumber
- Location:
- Grogan and Corroe, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Sarah Howden
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- 1 A cat with its tail to the fire.
2 A horse with his tail to the hedge.
3 Frogs turning black.
4 Sea-gulls coming inland.
5 A pale moon.
6 A circle round the moon
7 A red sky in the morning.
8 A dog eating grass
9 Soot falling down the chimney.
10 Curlews crying at night.
11 Goats coming home from the hills.
12 A blue flame in the fire.
13 When a fog goes up.
14 Black snails on the road.
15 A snail out of its box.
16 When the midges bite.
17 When the swallows fly near the ground.
18 Dust flying in the clouds.
19 When the mountains seem near.- Collector
- Robert Cahill
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Island, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Mr J. Geraghty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballycumber, Co. Offaly
- A red sky in the evening
When the mountains seem far away.
Smoke going up straight.
When a fog falls to the ground.
Steam coming out of a turf clamp.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Robert Cahill
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Island, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Mr J. Geraghty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballycumber, Co. Offaly