Volume: CBÉ 0485 (Part 1)
- Date
- 1938
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0485, Page 0123
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“Ora Begob, sure Kingsborough was always a quare place...”
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“It is believed that any year the cuckoo sings very near a house, (especially a farmer's)...”
It is believed that any year the cuckoo sings very near a house, (especially a farmer's) that that will be a lucky year for the inmates, so far as crops ect are concerned.
Also if she sings in the field in which the crops are planted it is also considered a good sign.