School: Dennmore
- Location:
- Dennmore or Legganden, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Harriet Heaslip
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0977, Page 160
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- There are many birds such as magpies, crows, robin, gold finches, sparrows, swallows, pigeons, wrens, jackdaws, blackbirds, seagulls corncrakes, curlews, tomtits and stone checkers.
The magpies build in a tree
The crows build in a tree
The robins build in a ditch
The gold finches build in a deal tree.
The swallows build in a ruins.
The wrens build in a bush
The jackdaws build in chimneys
The blackbirds build in a bush
The seagulls build in the reeds at the sea.
The corncrakes build in grass.
The curlews build in bogs.
If crows stay about the bushes it will rain.
If the curlews whistle (build) it will rain.
If swallows fly low it will rain.
If swallows fly high it will be good weather.
