School: Carnamoyle (roll number 7344)
- Location:
- Carnamoyle, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Hugh Mc Kee Fleck
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1113, Page 480
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- (continued from previous page)She lays five eggs, with white and brown spots. She sits on the eggs for three weeks. The wren builds its nest in a bank, with hair, and moss, and feathers. She lays seventeen white eggs. The sparrow builds its nest in the eve of a house. The lark builds its nest on the ground. She lays three eggs, with white and grey spots. It is wrong to rob a bird's nest. It is said that misfortune will follow any boy who does so.
When the swallow flies low it is a sign of rain. When the crow dives it is a sign of wind.
When the seagulls come inland it is a sign of a storm.
- Collector
- James Mc Ivor
- Gender
- Male
- Collector
- Liam Arbuckle
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tearry, Co. Donegal
