School: Doire an Céise (C )

Location:
Dernakesh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Uaid
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    able to foretell. If they chattered early in the morning it was a sign of trouble.
    When the blackbird hops along the back of the ditch it is a sign of snow.
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  2. 6. The robin builds her nest in a ditch and lays four eggs. She never eats anything until twelve o'clock on Good Friday in honour of Our Saviour's death. When a robin comes to the door it is the sign of rain.
    Some people say that when the birds are fat in October that the winter will be very cold.
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  3. 7. The cuckoo is the sign of Spring. It never makes a nest of its own, but lays its eggs in the nests of other birds who hatch and feed the young cuckoos
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