School: Ballinvally (B.) (roll number 931)
- Location:
- Ballinvally, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Healy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0723, Page 170
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- (continued from previous page)to be seen it is a sign of cold weather. When there are two magpies to be seen it is a sign of warm weather.There is a story connecting the lif of Our Saviour with the robin. It is said that when Our Saviour was in great agony on the cross that the robin came to Him and pulled the thorns out of his head. Ever since then it is said that the robin has a red breast.
- The birds commonly found in this district are cuckoos, blackbirds, thrushes, crows, jackdaws, robins, chaffinches, goldfinches, bull-finches, Willie-wagtails, stonechats, green linnets, snipe, wrens,(continues on next page)
