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1. Bird-Lore

   

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   There is an old belief that the rooks choose their mates on St. Valentine's Day. They then begin preparing their nests early in February.
   When they build low down it is going to be a bad summer. But when they build high up the summer will be fine. If the cuckoo comes early they say that we will have a bad summer.

   

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2. Bird-Lore

   

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   Sometimes a robin or a wagtail will build its nest in the same place for years. A swallow is often noticed to come to the same house each year. When anyone robs a nest or breaks a birds egg it is said that he will get warts.

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   1. gníomhairí (~1)
      1. seanchas ainmhithe (~1,185)
         1. seanchas na n-éan (~2,478)

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   Tom Carter

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