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School: Shanakill, Roscrea

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An tSeanchill, Co. Thiobraid Árann
Teacher:
Seán Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0547, Page 136

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    “The swallow is a slate-coloured brid with blue feathers near her tail...”

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    the curlew is always with us in the Winter because when it is going to rain they start looking up in the sky and begin to baul. We don't see them very often in Summer.
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    “The Swallow, the robin, the blackbird, the thrush and the sparrow...”

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    The swallow, the robin, the blackbird, the thrush and the sparrow.
    The robin lays blue eggs in a nest and young birds come out and fly away after two or three weeks.
    If you touched a bird's nest or eggs she would not go to them again. Boys are told some bad luck will come on them if they rob a bird's nest. The weather can be known by swallows, if they fly high it is a sign of fine weather and if they fly low it is a sign of wet weather.
    The robin is said to have got its red breast because it wiped the blood from Our Lord's breast. A robin builds her nest in bushes.
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    “The Swallow, the robin, the blackbird, the thrush and the sparrow...”

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    Robins, Wrens, Yellow Hammers, Crows, Seaagulls, Magpies, Willy wagtails, Thrushes, Blackbirds, Curlew, Cranes, Bats, Swallows, Daws and lark, these are the names of local birds.
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    “Robins, Wrens, Yellow-hammers, Crows, Seagulls, Magpies, Willy-wagtails, Thrushes, Blackbird, Curlew, Cranes, Bats, Swallows, Daws and larks...”

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    Topics
    1. gníomhairí (~1)
      1. seanchas ainmhithe (~1,185)
        1. seanchas na n-éan (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Maher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    An Sceachánach, Co. Thiobraid Árann
    Informant
    Dan Treacy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    An Sceachánach, Co. Thiobraid Árann