School: Tolerton, Ballylickmoyler (roll number 11321)
- Location:
- Towlerton, Co. Laois
- Teacher: L. Ó Broin
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- (continued from previous page)year round. She goes out to warm countries in the beginning of Autum. She returns in the season of Summer. If any boy should rob the swallow's nest it is said that a great misfortune would befall him. It usually happens that the cows do not give their milk but they milk blood instead. The swallows eats the flies which torments the beasts. When these flies are very plentiful they torment the beasts very much.
The crow is a large black bird. She builds her nest in a tall tree. She builds her nest of moss and sticks. She lays seven or eight eggs. She sits on her eggs for about three weeks.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen King
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Towlerton, Co. Laois
- Informant
- John Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Monavea, Co. Laois
