School: Collon (roll number 14579)

Location:
Collon, Co. Louth
Teacher:
Bean Uí Mhathúna

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0676, Page 208

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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

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Collector
Peggy O' Reilly
Gender
female
Address
Drogheda Road, Co. Louth
Language
English