School: Coronea, Arva
- Location:
- Corraneary, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Ó Dulchanta
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0983, Page 229
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- Snow Storm -: Rooks and stairs get very wild before snow comes. They fly together in great numbers. They settle in a field for a few minutes and start again flying in circles. The blackbird flies around the hedge with sharp jerky notes to tell us snow is coming. Robins come right into the house and fly on the table and help themselves to bread, or meat. They get very tame in snow.
Frost -: The trains can be heard easily at a great distance when frost is coming.
Rain-: If the mist forms a cap on the mountains the evening is going to be very wet. Gowna Chapel bell can be heard in our district when rain is coming. It is never heard at other times Robins sing at the bottom of the trees when rain is near They always sing on the top(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Josephine Leddy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bruse, Co. Cavan
