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School: Lusk (C.) (roll number 719)

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Lusk, Co. Dublin
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S. Ní Shúilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0786, Page 217

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    In olden times the people were very superstitious regarding birds. If they saw a "willie wag-tail" bird they would consider it a very bad omen that there was some-one was going to die in the family.
    They would also not like to hear a cock crowing at night before twelve o'clock as it also meant changes in the family, and the old people say "A whistling woman and a crowing hen was unlucky".
    There was an old saying about the Magpie,
    One for sorrow
    Two for joy.
    Three for a letter
    Four for a boy
    Five for silver
    Six for gold
    Seven for secret never to be told.
    The plover is a very useful bird. They come in here in the winter and pick the fluke out of the land for the farmers as it is very
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      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
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    Maura Mc Nally
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