‘Duilleoga Deasa Deasa’
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| Daniel Sunny Sumod |
Beginning Fall, students learn this poem in
school. It is an Irish poem titled ‘Duilleoga
Deasa Deasa’ which means
Beautiful or Nice Leaves. It is an Irish language teachers’ poem for school
children. When Autumn begins, the teachers take the students outside into the
school yard and tell them to walk around and look at the trees and plants. They
are asked to observe the colour of the leaves and pick up the leaves that fall
down. The teacher shows them how the leaves have different colours of yellow,
brown, orange etc and explains to them that before the winter season approaches
this is how the leaves change colours and fall down from trees in Autumn. The
different colour shades make the trees look beautiful and so many people take
photographs by standing in front of the trees or by holding the leaves in their
hand.
Here is Daniel Sunny reciting the Irish poem ‘Duilleoga Deasa Deasa’:
