1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Áth Treasna (B.)

School: Áth Treasna (B.) (roll number 11236)

Location:
Newmarket, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seán Ó Dálaigh
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0353, Page 202

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0353, Page 202

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Áth Treasna (B.)
  2. XML Page 202
  3. XML “Stories About Birds”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Stories About Birds

    Share Share Post
    People say that a robin took a thorn out of Our Lord's head when he was being crucified; some of the blood from Our Lords head stained the robin's breast and ever since the robins' breasts are red.
    It is said, that for every wren that is killed on St. Stephen's day, one of the devil's ribs are broken.
    This is a short country rhyme about the magpie :-
    One for bad luck.
    Two for good luck.
    Three for a wedding.
    Four for a wake.
    Five for a funeral.
    Six for silver.
    Seven for gold.
    It is said that all the small birds chase the cuckoo because he was the cause of betraying Jesus.
    It is believed that if crows leave a rookery, the owner of the land in which the rookery is situated would be ruined
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Edward Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Newmarket, Co. Cork