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School: Baile Haodha (C.), Ráthluirc

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Newtown Ballyhay, Co. Cork
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Mrs. Julia Herbert
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0374, Page 367

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    hands. The weather can be judged by certain birds such as the swallows, wild geese, and the curlews. If the swallows fly low it is a sign of rain. When the wild geese come south it is a sign of bad weather and when the curlew screeches twice it is a sign of rain also. There are no stories told locally connecting with any of these. It is said that the robin got his red breast at the crucifixion of Our Lord.
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      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty O' Connor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Newtown Ballyhay, Co. Cork
    Informant
    John Coughlan
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male