School: Naomh Muire, Carraig Thuathail (roll number 2050)
- Location:
- Carrigtohill, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Criostóir Bheldon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0384, Page 046
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- The wild birds found in this country are the swallow and the cuckoo. The swallows migrate from Ireland to South Africa. The blackbird builds her nest in a bush and the robin in a hole of a wall. The blackbird has blue eggs, sometimes speckled. The robin lays brown eggs. They are told the bird will forsake the nest. If the crows fly low it is a sign of bad weather. When God was dying on the Cross the little robin came to pick off the thorns from His Head and a drop of blood fell on her breast and that is how the robin got a red breast. My father told this story about the robin. One time there was a great fire in the North. The big bear did(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Hayes
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carhoo, Co. Cork
- Informant
- John Hayes
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carhoo, Co. Cork
