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School: Baldoyle Convent (roll number 11883)

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Baldoyle, Co. Dublin
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Sr Augustine
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0792, Page 166

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    of observing the blackbird. He sings in quiet, leisurely way and his voice is so clear that it may be heard at a great distance. In the morning, after he has taken his bath, he perches on a rail, or a tree, and seems to call out in clear piercing tones, "come(s) and see me. am I not handsome." I have failed to find out any stories connected with this bird.
    The older people in this district still retain some superstitions about swallows, looking on them as half sacred and not to be interfered with. If they do not return to the eaves, it is a sign that some misfortune is coming to the household. But the swallows seldom fail to back to their old haunts in the Spring.
    Mary Harford.
    I got this information from,
    Mr. P. Fox,
    Kilbarrack, Cemetary,
    Sutton,
    Co. Dublin
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Harford
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Pupil
    Informant
    Mr P. Fox
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilbarrack, Co. Dublin