School: Dún Bhéacháin (Dunbeacon) (roll number 15552)
- Location:
- Dunbeacon, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Foghlú
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- (continued from previous page)of houses, while the plover and the sea-gull build their nests in the cliffs by the sea.
The wild duck and the water-hen make theirs at water's edge.
Boys who rob a bird's nest are said to have no luck.
As a sign of rain, swallows are seen near the ground. When gulls are seen on the land, it is a forecast of stormy or rainy weather. Sea-birds are known to cry louder than usual when stormy or rainy weather is nigh.
It is said that the robin foretells the future and he comes for a good or bad happening.
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Local Story of robin:-
The local story connected with the robin is the story of Our Saviour, but sometime we hear of a different story about the robin's red breast.
I heard this story from Mr. T Burke, Dreenlomane. "Once a hunter lived in the far north where roamed the White Bear. The hunter had a robin as companion and gave him bits of bread. Now, there was only one fire in the whole place, which was(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Teresa Coughlan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr T. Burke
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
