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School: Meelick (roll number 14592)

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Meelick, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Gearóid Ó Conchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0240, Page 311

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    belief that if a person is standing on clay when he first hears the Cuckoo that he will soon die and if he is standing on grass he will (soon die) live to be an old age. In whatever direction a person is faced (to) when he first hears the Cuckoo that is the direction he will mostly be faced during the year. It is a local belief that if you kill a sparrow the cows will yield blood instead of milk.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Winnie Doherty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonmaul, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Doherty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonmaul, Co. Roscommon