School: An Charraig (roll number 13839)
- Location:
- Carrick, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Seán Ó Súilleabháin
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- (continued from previous page)to where the robin had meet our Lord. The robin said no. The enemies thinking he did not go that way turned back. Then the robin went and told our Lord of what had happened. Our Lord put his hand on the robins brest breast. Immediately the robin got his red breastTo meet one magpie it is the sign of bad luck, two for good luck, three for a marriage four for a birth, five for silver, six for gold, seven for a story that never was told.To see a lot of seagulls pecking the grass is the sign of rainTo see a number of crows hucked on a wall is the sign of rain.When a robin comes into a house it is the sign of hardship.
