School: Ceann Tuirc (B.) (roll number 14052)
- Location:
- Kanturk, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Liam Ó Caoimh
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- (continued from previous page)would come and pick out their eyes; and also, that they would get a whitlow on their finger. If wild geese were seen flying east it would be a sign of bad weather, or if seagulls were seen inland it would be a sign of bad weather.
It is said, that the robin was at the foot of the cross when the Saviour died; and that blood fell on its breast, and so it is called robin redbreast.
Small birds often pursue the cuckoo, because the cuckoo lays an egg in a small bird's nest, and the young cuckoo eats all the food, then the other young birds die from hunger.
- The most common bird to be found in Kanturk district County Cork is the robin. It is said,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Jeremiah Buckley
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Buckley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kanturk, Co. Cork
