School: Alt an Chuilinn
- Location:
- Altachullion, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Brigid Martin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0966, Page 163
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Alt an Chuilinn
- XML Page 163
- XML “Religious Stories”
- XML “Religious Stories”
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
- Once when the Jews were searching for Our Lord they traced him for a long distance into the country. But they lost trace of Him until the cuckoo came along and showed which way He had gone. Since then the cuckoo is cursed and cannot rest except for a moment or two. She is constantly in fear of being attacked and a continual watch around her even while resting on a tree.
She cannot settle in any country or have a home to nest of her own or even be allowed to hatch her eggs.
- On All Souls' Night in it is believed that the Holy Souls return to their former homes. The hearth is swept clean, a good fire is put on and the kitchen door is not locked on that night. It is usual for all the family to go to bed early that night so as to leave the house ready for the Dead.
