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School: Cor Bealaigh

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Corbally, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Marcacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0163, Page 015

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    after that.
    About then years ago the jackdaws built a nest in our chimney and my father threw it out. The jackdaws waited on the trees near our house screaming loudly as if to curse him.
    One day as I watched the crows building a nest on our trees, I noticed that a foreign crow came to the nest and brought away a stick. The other crows followed and killed it.
    If a cock crows three times in the middle of the night no more evil spirits are supposed to be out that night. If a hen crows some ill-luck will happen that house.
    Young crows or jackdaws who are bad fliers are killed by the crow colony.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick John Reynolds
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathglass, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mr James Queenan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathglass, Co. Sligo