School: Gleann Tochair (roll number 16611)
- Location:
- Glentogher, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: An tSr. Sorcha A. Ní Dhómhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1115, Page 447
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- (continued from previous page)the seagull and magpie and cuckoo. When the rain is coming the seagulls fly inward towards the land. They also fly high and their cry is tobe heard far and near. The weather can be judged by the cuckoo. If she is seen on a leafless tree that is a bad sign of the weather.
The people say the robin has a red breast because when our Lord was nailed on the cross, the little robin came round and tried to draw the nails out of His Hands and Feet. Then a drop of blood fell on its breast and every every robin after that has a red breast. The following information was got from Philip Hirrell Meenolin.
- The mermaid is a person with yellow hair who lives in the water. One time a man tried to take her ashore. He was told that if he got something belonging to her that he would get her.
One time the mermaid was sitting on a rock combing her hair and the man went out to her. He got a(continues on next page) - Informant
- Philip Hirrell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Meenyollan, Co. Donegal
