1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Mungret (C.)

School: Mungret (C.) (roll number 11784)

Location:
Mungret, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Aodhagáin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0528, Page 190

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0528, Page 190

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: Mungret (C.)
  2. XML Page 190
  3. XML “Bird-Lore”

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. Bird-Lore (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    can be judged by some birds when the wind is coming they fly low and fast.
    It is said that the robin wiped the blood off Our Lords face when he was dying on the cross. When you see the curlews flying around screaming it is the sign of rain. Long ago it is said that St. Francis used to preach to the birds and while he preached to them they could speak like human beings
    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
    Josie Woulfe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Loughmore Common, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Woulfe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Loughmore Common, Co. Limerick