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School: Tattenclave

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Táite an tSléibhe, Co. Mhuineacháin
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Chróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0948, Page 165

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    skinnies. If the crows are seen flying about in heaps it is a sign of rain. If the lark comes early in the year and then goes away it is a very bad sign of the weather.
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    The cuckoo comes in April and goes away when she gets the first pickle of corn. The parrot can talk. If you asked it what kind of day it is, it could tell you.
    The swallow comes when the good weather is here. When the cold weather comes they go away. The swallow builds her nest in a big wall. He mixes clay and hay together. The swallow lays about four eggs.
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