School: Doire an Céise (C )
- Location:
- Dernakesh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Uaid
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- When the crows and starlings fly together it is a sign of rain. To see blackbirds standing round the roots o the bushes is a sign that snow is coming.
When Our Lord was crucified, the robin came and tried to take the nails out of His hands, a little drop of blood fell on the robin's breast.
Some say that was how the robin got his red breast.
- Collector
- Mary Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- The people long ago had very superstitious ideas about certain birds. They used to say that the crow built her nest on the first of April, and if that day fell on a Sunday she would not start until the next day so as not to break the Sabbath. They used to say,
"When the cuckoo sings on a bare thorn,
You may sell your cows and buy corn."
The magpies were supposed to be(continues on next page)
