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School: Eiscear (roll number 1000)

Location:
Esker, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Sinéad, Bean Uí Chonghalaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0003, Page 161

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    bird that follows the cuckoo is the bird that hatches the egg and rears her.
    Tradition has given rise to legends that the birds got their speech on Christmas night, and that privilege is still granted at midnight to them. The cock crowed "Christus natus est,". The ox mowed ?, The sheep answered in "Bethlehem", The Ass brayed "Camus" and the other animals all got their different form of speech.
    Pearl Cleary (age 13)
    Esker Nat. School
    Athenry,
    Co. Galway.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pearl Cleary
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13