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   green plover lays in the moors or swamps. The blackbird, sparrow, and wren build in small bushes. The pheasant builds in a tuft of grass. The robin builds in the ditch.
   It is said that if any boy robs a bird's nest that the cows will give red milk. This is said especially of the swallow because she builds in the cow-shed.

   

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2. Wild Birds

   

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   The wild goose comes here in winter. It is said when she comes early that it is a sign of hard-ship. People say that if a boy robbed a bird's nest he would not have good luck. when the curlew cries it is a sign of bad weather. When the swallow flies low down it is a sign of rain. If a boy robbed a bird's nest the cow would give red milk. Some people say when Our Lord was dying on the Cross a robin

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
         1. bird-lore (~2,478)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Rose Harte

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Monasset, Co. Westmeath

   Informant

   Joseph Harte

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Monasset, Co. Westmeath