School: Tiercahan
- Location:
- Tircahan, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Ó Riain
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- (continued from previous page)jumped up one morning to fire at them. He fired, but the gun kicked, broke one of his fingers and nearly blew the eyes out of him. He never meddled with the mags again, and it was many a day before they left him in peace.Robins
It is a bad omen when a robin comes into a house except of course in the very depths of Winter when it is looking for some thing to eat. A death is sure to follow especially if he flies in three times and settles on the dresser, or table.Blackbirds.
A blackbird rarely comes near a dwelling house: When it does come on the street or near the door, it is a sure sign that a snow storm is coming.Crows
Crows cover the fields and "caw" very loudly when a storm of rain is coming. they come near the house, and settle in the trees often four days before a storm.Swallows
In hay time Swallows always tell the farmer when a shower is coming by flying almost on the ground. Work then starts in dead earnest before the rain comes.(continues on next page)
