School: Clochar na Trócaire, Béal Átha na mBuillí
- Location:
- Strokestown, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: An tSr. M. Olivia
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0253, Page 217
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- (continued from previous page)houses is a great annoyance to the people. The swallow builds her nest in the inside roof of a house. The cuckoo is the meanest of all the birds as she lays her eggs in another birds nest.
There are a good deal of signs as regards the weather taken from the birds. When the crows fly very high in the sky it denotes good weather and when they fly low, or lie on the side of a wall, it is a sign of bad wet weather.
When the seagulls cluster together on the bank of a river in a field it is a sign of bad rainy weather. The cuckoo never sings in bad weather but when the weather is fine, he can be heard very early in the morning and it is very delightful to listen to.
- Collector
- Delia Shaughnessy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Four Mile House, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Thomas Corcoran
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Occupation
- Feirmeoir
- Address
- Leitrim, Co. Roscommon
