School: Cor Bealaigh
- Location:
- Corbally, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Marcacháin
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- When hens peck themselves it is the sign of rain. When there is a wisp trailing after a hen's foot there will be a funeral.
Tame geese flying directly over a house bring some ill luck to that house. When the robin is seen round the house it is the sign of snow
- Collector
- Michael Timlin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockbrack, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mr Patrick Durcan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockbrack, Co. Sligo
- When four magpies fly over a house people fear a death in that house will follow. If swans fly over a house some one will die in that house that same year.
