School: Ballivor (roll number 9380)
- Location:
- Ballivor, Co. Meath
- Teacher: T. Ua Conmhidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0694, Page 292
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- A Crowing Hen.
It was considered very un-lucky for a hen to crow. Some-one would die in the house, or some terrible misfortune would happen. It would be right to kill a hen that crows.
there was a saying:-
"A whistling woman, and a crowing hen. There never was luck in the house they were in"The Crow.
When God was teaching the birds to build their nests. The crow kept saying, "I know, I know, " to every-thing. God told him "Well when you do, go and build it yourself. So the crow does not know, how to finish his nest, as well as the other birds. If you saying "I know" when any-one was explaining(continues on next page)
