School: Wilkinstown (roll number 1917)
- Location:
- Wilkinstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire Ní Failcheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0711, Page 117
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- (continued from previous page)crying very loudly that is the sign of rain. When we see the seagull flyings inland that is a sign that a storm is approaching
Young boys are told, if they rob a birds nest that the bird will come to their room that night, and it will pick the eyes out of them.
A story is told about a magpie.
Once when the soldiers were looking for Our Lord, a magpie saw a piece of paper in a soldier's hand. He darted down and snapped it from him and took to Our Lord It was a plot concerning Him, and he had time to get away.
- Collector
- Brendan Brady
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Arch Hall, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Denis Brady
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Arch Hall, Co. Meath
