snipe, partridge, Cuckoo, Corncrake, Crow, Magpie, magpie, blackbird, thrush, robin, wren, sparrow, Curlew, philibeen, swallow, gold-finch, wag-tail, yellow hammer, lark, linnet. It is believed that if you rob a bird's nest you will become blind. Robin brings luck-He is looked upon as a blessed bird. Jade or wood-pecker is looked upon as a bad bird-She can never eat any of the fruit of the earth but lives on insects which she picks out of the bark of trees. When the Holy Family were on their journey into Egypt, they went into a house to rest. The woman of the house was baking bread. St. Joseph asked an alms of bread. SheGeraldine Merrifield