School: Tiercahan
- Location:
- Tircahan, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Ó Riain
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- (continued from previous page)if there is not he will be dead before he hears the cuckoo next year.
if a Robin comes into a house except on the frost or snow it is a sign that some one is going to die.
A Bat coming into a house is unlucky too.
A magpie coming squeaking about a house brings bad luck. And some people think that a lone magpie brings news of not too good a kind.
Two hens fighting is always the sign of a visitor to a house.
If the Rooster stands on the doorstep and crows into the house, it is a sure sign of a visitor. If the Rooster crows at night, he must be done away with, or he brings bad luck on the houses. If a hen crows she must be done away with too.
"A whistling woman or a crowing hen should be stoned to death" is a common saying.
A scata of crows is the sure sign of rain.
If the crane passes the bridge at Tiercahan school a flood is sure to follow. People hate to see the crane: he is a sign of storm and loss to the farmer.
People hate to see the seagulls because they bring rain, but not storm like the crane.
