School: Rahavanaig
- Location:
- Rahavanig, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Máire de Stac
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- (continued from previous page)lately. "Not", says the robin, "since that wheat was sown". "At that rate", says the captain of the soldiers, "we're on the wrong track". And he had his men turned and was marching off with them, when the wren comes flying up and says, "The wheat was sown yesterday! The wheat was sown yesterday!" And with that the soldiers were wheeled again, and away over the wheat field, and never stopped till they came up with Our Saviour. And from that day the wren was cursed; and ever since it has been hunted and persecuted".Speech of birds.
Story of two seagulls in Ballyeagh Strand, one of whom caught a fluke. The other coming to her help and to help him to eat the fluke, I suppose, called for him. "Coingnimh, coingnimh, coingnimh". But the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máighréad Ní Chearbhaill
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballybunnion, Co. Kerry
