School: Killashandra
- Location:
- Killashandra, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Ó Leannáin
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- The robin builds her nest in a ditch with hair and moss. The cuckoo builds no nest. She lays her egg in a lark's nest. The swallow builds her nest in a byre with clay. The crow and magpie builds their nests on the top of a tree. There is a superstition about the magpie "One for sorry, two for joy, three for a girl, and four for a boy, five for silver, six for gold, seven for a story that never was told.
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- Informant
- John Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derries Lower, Co. Cavan