School: Duleek (B.) (roll number 6554)
- Location:
- Duleek, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Braonáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0682, Page 309
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- Some people say that if you went near a weasel, he would put his tail in his mouth and whistle for the other weasels.They say that a weasel will not go near a stoneychatter's nest.
Seumas O'Gormáin,
Na Coimíní,ó Liam O Gormáin
Na CoimíníOibrightheoir ar an mbothar iarainn (55)
- The Sally Picker or Pecker (a Bird) The sallypicker is a little small bird and he is of a blue and yellow colour. Some people call him "the blue bonnet" because he has a blue dot(?) on the top of his head. He can hang out of a tree with his two feet, and he upside down just like the way a fly hangs out of a ceiling.Seán Sainsuin,
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- Collector
- Tomás Mac Cionnaith
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Duleek, Co. Meath
