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School: Leacht na mBard (Latnamard) (roll number 16769)

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Latnamard, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Máire Ní Dhubhthaigh
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    The robin come in before you flit out of a house, if you are going to have luck. If you feed a robin with bread you will never be without bread.
    If the curlews are heard it is a sign of rain. If crows build their nests low down in the trees there is going to be a wet Summer.
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      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Charles Brady
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Genagh, Co. Monaghan