School: Rahugh (roll number 12905)
- Location:
- Rahugh, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: P. Ó Maonghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0732, Page 205
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- (continued from previous page)green plover lays in the moors or swamps. The blackbird, sparrow, and wren build in small bushes. The pheasant builds in a tuft of grass. The robin builds in the ditch.
It is said that if any boy robs a bird's nest that the cows will give red milk. This is said especially of the swallow because she builds in the cow-shed.
- The wild goose comes here in winter. It is said when she comes early that it is a sign of hard-ship.
People say that if a boy robbed a bird's nest he would not have good luck. when the curlew cries it is a sign of bad weather. When the swallow flies low down it is a sign of rain. If a boy robbed a bird's nest the cow would give red milk.
Some people say when Our Lord was dying on the Cross a robin(continues on next page) - Collector
- Rose Harte
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Monasset, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Joseph Harte
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Monasset, Co. Westmeath
