School: Anach (roll number 13630)
- Location:
- Annagh, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bean Uí Bhanáin
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- (continued from previous page)nests in the eaves of the houses and when they migrate if they not return to their old homes but desert them it is a sign that some misfortune is coming to that household.
The swallows build in cowsheds and haysheds. Their nests are made with mud and clay. The swallows fly in flocks and their tails are forked; this because at one time a swallows tail was bitten by a serpent.- Collector
- Norah Davey
- Gender
- Female