School: Cill Bheoláin (B.), Áth an Mhuilinn, Ráth Luirc
- Location:
- Cill Bhláin, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Séaghdha
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- XML “Bird-Lore”
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- Collector
- Daniel Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Áth an Mhuilinn, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- Mr P.M. Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 47
- Address
- Áth an Mhuilinn, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- Mrs P.M. Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 42
- Address
- Áth an Mhuilinn, Co. Chorcaí
- The birds sit on the eggs for about a fortnight before young birds appear. When the swallows fly low rain is near. The cuckoo never builds her nest but goes into another nest, lays her egg & hatches it.
- Other wild birds which are found locally are the lark & linnet. The blackbird, thrush & robin build their nests in bushes. The larks build them in cow tracks on the ground. The blackbird lays five blue eggs & stays two weeks on them. If seagulls come inland bad weather is expected. One magpie is a sign of bad luck. Two are a sign of very good luck. The robin builds her nest on a bush, lays five eggs & stays on them two weeks. Two small birds follow the cuckoo everywhere it goes.