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School: Domhnach Maighin (roll number 15142)

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Donaghmoyne, Co. Monaghan
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Pádraic Ua Muirgheasa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0931, Page 144

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    1. When you see a magpie in front of you it is a sign that you are going to have bad luck.
    2. If you see a magpie chirping on a tree at the door it is a sign that you will get a letter from your friend.
    3. It is a sign of rain when you see a swallow flying low.
    4. If you hear the cuckoo and you fasting in the morning it is a sign that you will die before that time twelve months.
    5. The crow starts to build her nest on the first day of March but if the first of March falls on a Sunday she will wait until Monday.
    6. It is a sign of storm when you see the crows flying through other.
    7. If a swan flies across a house it is a sign that someone will be dead in that house before that time twelve month
    8. When you hear the curlew whistling it is a sign that there is going to be rain.
    9. When you see two magpies in front of
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Watters
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Monanagirr, Co. Monaghan