School: Drumgownagh
- Location:
- Drumgownagh, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Dominic Ó Huiginn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0222, Page 607
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- (continued from previous page)on islands or in the trees along a lake.
In the roof or an old barn or byre the swallow builds her nest.
The sparrow builds her nest in the cave of a thatched house.
The corncrakes nest is the nicest because when she has it made she twists tráiníns over it and so makes a roof.
When crows fly home low it is a sign of bad weather but when they fly home high it is a sign of good weather.
When a crane flies west the weather will be bad.
If a robin sits on top of a high bush early in the morning it is a sign of a good day.
A willy-wagtail tapping on the street is a sign of storm
- No country in the world possesses more ancient monuments or old tomb stones than Ireland.There is not a county in Ireland but those monuments may be found.(continues on next page)
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