School: Shanakill, Roscrea

Location:
Shanakill, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Seán Ó Ceallaigh

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0547, Page 139

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The crows do a lot of harm to wheat in the Winter and Spring.
Wood-quests damage cabbage in the Summer.
We can hear the merry whistling of the blackbird on a frosty evening in the midst of the Winter.

Bird-Lore

There are alot of birds around this district...

There are a lot of birds around this district. The blackbird, thrush, robin, swallow, wren, crow, tomtit, curlew, crane, wagtail, lark, magpie, Billie Brown, gold-finch, bull-finch, chaffinch, yellow hammer, wood-quest, pheasant, partridge, grouse, jack-snipe, owl, stone-chatter, water-hen, teal, widgen, wood-cock, corncrake, hawk and the sparrow.
the robin comes and stands on the window-sill when there's going to be hard frost or snow.
The crow flies low when there's going to be wind or rain, and they fly high when there's going to be fine weather.
The crane flies high when there is going to be fine weather.
The yellow-hammer screeches like a man sharpening a saw when there's going to be wet weather.
The jack-snipe roars like a goat when there is going to be wet weather.

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Collector
Daniel Quinlan
Gender
male
Address
Shanakill, Co. Tipperary
Informant
Mr Quinlan
Relation
parent
Gender
male
Address
Shanakill, Co. Tipperary
Informant
Mrs Quinlan
Relation
parent
Gender
female
Address
Shanakill, Co. Tipperary
Language
English