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School: Drom Dhá Liag (C.) (roll number 12230)

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Drom Dhá Liag, Co. Chorcaí
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Máire, Bean Uí Dhrisceoil
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    early Spring and go away in the end of Summer. They are Summer birds and can not endure cold weather. Before parting they are seen up on the Telegraph wires, it is said that they are planning which way they will go.
    It is said that the swallows are half sacred birds and they should not be killed or interfered with. Some people will not have their nests knocked down. If they do not return to the eaves, desert their nests it is a sign that some misfortune is coming to the household.
    The swallows seldom fail to come back to their nests in the Spring and soon begin to repair them.
    A rainy day is very useful to them as they alight at the edge of the pools to find the mud already mixed for them.
    Joanie the bogs builds her nest over in the lawn opposite where I am living
    It is made of three or four sticks across each other. She lives on the fish of the river.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. gníomhairí (~1)
      1. seanchas ainmhithe (~1,185)
        1. seanchas na n-éan (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Elish Connolly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drom Dhá Liag, Co. Chorcaí