School: Errew G.N.S. (roll number 13261)
- Location:
- An tOireamh, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Brígid Nic Eoin
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- (continued from previous page)and feathers and it is plastered outside with soil.
They generally lay about five or six eggs.
When boys attempt to rob birds' nests they are told that if they do so they will never have a day's luck.
The weather can be judged by certain birds. When there is going to be a storm the crows are heard roaring and they fly up and down in the air.
The seagull also returns from the sea to the land when there is going to be a storm. When the swallows fly low it is a sign of bad weather. When they fly high it is a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Brennan
- Gender
- Female
