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School: Kildraught (2)

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Celbridge, Co. Kildare
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E. Ní Armhultaigh
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  2. Traditions about Birds

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Bracken
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Celbridge, Co. Kildare

  3. Traditions about Birds

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    3. When Jesus was crucified the Robin was the only bird there sitting near. Our Lord exclaimed "Lucky is the bird gave him His last drop of blood and so we are told the robin got his rebreast
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    5. At the Crucifiscion the robin tried to pull the nails out of His hands and a drop of blood fell on his breast
    When Jesus was Crucified the robin flew against the Cross where the blood was
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