School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Lios Mór
- Location:
- Lismore, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: An tSr M. Cárthach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0636, Page 92
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- The people say that the Black bird is a great whistler. His beak is coloured from digging in the earth. They say that the robin has a red breast because a drop of blood fell on his breast on Good Friday from Our Lords breast. That is why he is called Robin Red breast.
You should never shoot a robin. It is a sin. It is said you that boys who steal birds nests are very bold. It is a worse thing to throw out the eggs on to the ground and when the mother is out they throw the little birds out and run to their own homes get a knife come back and cut the poor little birds heads off. A blackbirds nest is made of hay and moss. The eggs are a greenish colour speckled with black and they usually lay four eggs. They build their nest in the ditches, on a bush. The robins nest is built in a ditch and the eggs are dirty(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Josephine Fogerty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lismore, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Mr J. Fogerty
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lismore, Co. Waterford
