School: Barrow (roll number 11850)
- Location:
- Bearrúin, Co. Chiarraí
- Teacher: Ml. Ó hUallacháin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0438, Page 142
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: Barrow
- XML Page 142
- XML “Bird-Lore”
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
- The swan, the cormorant wild geese and other wild birds come here. When they visit the district it is the sign of bad weather. If boys rob birds nests they were told that scabs will come on their hands. It is said that when Our Lord was dying on the cross, and when he was bleeding, a little robin came and pitched on his head, and some of the blood went on the robin's breast. It is said that when little birds are after a cuckoo it is the sign of bad weather. When the cormorant is on a sand bank, and when he stretches his wings out from him whatever way the wind is blowing his wings will be turned that way. It is said that when a lot of seagulls come up on dry land, there is bad weather outside on the ocean.
- Collector
- Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bearrúin, Co. Chiarraí
- Informant
- Mrs. Mary O' Sullivan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 51
- Occupation
- Farmer's wife
- Address
- Bearrúin, Co. Chiarraí
