School: Liscarbin (roll number 13697)
- Location:
- Liscarban, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Mrs. Margt Gannon
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- Bird Lore.
Told by Dan Earley, Edanavow.There are many wild birds around here - the crane, the black bird, thrush, robin, hawk, crow, mag-pie, willie-wagtail, sparrow, the yellow-hammer, wild geese, and swans. When the swans roar on the loch it is the sign of storm. When the robins fly around the door-step a storm is approaching, when the willie-wagtail hops on the street, when the wild geese fly in the shape of the Alphabet a storm is approaching, when the crows flies low going home, when the crane goes to the bog it is a sign of rain, when the seagulls fly inland, when the black-bird chirp very loudly it is also a sign of rain. When the crane goes to the mountain it is a sign of good-weather. A thrush builds in a white thorn bush. She(continues on next page)