School: Collon (roll number 14579)
- Location:
- Collon, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhathúna
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0676, Page 208
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“The following are the wild birds which are known in the district, the robin, wen, stone-chatter, chaffinch, jay-thrush, wag-tail, house and hedge-sparrow, magpie, crow, sgal-crow, black-bird, sea-gull, crane, pheasant, wood-cock, and curlews or cold birds”
(continued from previous page)every year, that is if it is not broken. The black-bird sometimes does the same.
The sgal-crow is seen in the Spring-time, when the young lambs are in the fields and sometimes kills them for food.
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“When a person hears the bells and trains in the South its a sign of bad weather.”
When a person hears the bells and trains in the South it's a sign of bad weather. A ring round the moon is for rain, and when the curlew whistles it is a sign rain also.
When the swallows fly low it is a sign of bad weather and when the crows fly high overhead it is a sign of storm. The fish come to the top of the water because the flies fly low for rain therefore(continues on next page) - Collector
- Peggy O' Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drogheda Road, Co. Louth