School: Kilberry (roll number 2533)
- Location:
- Kilberry, Co. Meath
- Teacher: -
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0711, Page 220
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- (continued from previous page)back the next year to their old nests it is the sign that bad luck is coming to the house.
- The swallow comes in summer and goes for the winter. The swallow builds her nest in a shed or in the eaves of the houses. She builds her nest of feathers and hay and lays four eggs. She sits on the eggs for three weeks. If anyone robs her nest she will curse them. The weather can be judged by the swallows. When they are flying high it is the sign of good weather and when they are flying low it is the sing of rain. When the young birds come out the mother bird feeds them with worms.The crow is black in colour. The crow stays here all the year. She starts to build her nest the 1st of March. She builds her nest of sprigs and a small piece of hay. She lays five or six eggs and hatches them for three weeks. The(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Gerard Curran
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Patrick Curran
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Proudstown, Co. Meath
