School: Currach Saileach (roll number 13800)
- Location:
- Curraghsallagh, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Séamus Mag Fhloinn
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0243, Page 071
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Currach Saileach
- XML Page 071
- XML “Bird-Lore”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- (continued from previous page)a meadow of withered grass and lays up to eleven eggs. It sits on them for three weeks.
Cuckoo:- it builds no nest but lays an egg in the sparrow's nest.
If the swallow or crows fly low it is the sign of rain. If the crane leaves the bog and goes to the lake it is a sign of fine weather. If the seagulls go to the bog it is the sign of good weather. If the jacksnipe is screeching at night it is the sign of good weather. If there is one curlew by itself in bad weather and it screeching it is a sign that the weather will get fine.
- Collector
- Michael Towey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloonargid, Co. Ros Comáin
