School: Caisleán Uí Liatháin (C.) (roll number 6845)
- Location:
- Castlelyons, Co. Cork
- Teacher: S. Ní Mhuchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0381, Page 191
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- (continued from previous page)"If you saw a grey plover on a field its a sign of frost."
Swallows flying low foretell bad weather - rain
When the curlew is flying "North" tis a Sign of rain When crane land in the bogs tis a sign of rain.
- The robin is supposed to have picked the thorns from Our Lords brow and so got his red breast from the drop of Our Lord's blood that splashed down on itThe Chaffer is said to have betrayed Our Lord to Herod's soldiers during the flight into Egypt.
- The pigeon says "Take 2 cows chappie take."
