1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Clochar na Trócaire, Ceannanus Mór

School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ceannanus Mór

Location:
Kells, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máthais Íde
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0702, Page 174

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0702, Page 174

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ceannanus Mór
  2. XML Page 174
  3. XML “The Cuckoo”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. The Cuckoo

    Share Share Post
    It is unlucky to hear the Cuckoo for the 1st time in a stooped position.
    It is also unlucky to hear him for the 1st time fasting.
    When you hear the Cuckoo for the first time, if you examine the ground under your right foot you will find a hair.
    If this hair is black or brown in colour you will die young. If it is grey you will attain a ripe old age.
    It is unlucky to hear the cuckoo when facing the graveyard.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Morris
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13