School: Summerville (roll number 622)
- Location:
- Summerville, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: John Burke
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- (continued from previous page)They lay four or five black eggs.
Stonypickers build in stone walls.
Pheasants build in furze. They lay up to twelve eggs.
The blackbird builds in briars. She lays four or five pale blue eggs.
When the swallow flies low it is a sign of rain. When the curlew bawls loudly and the robin chirps it is a sign rain
When our Lord was hanging on the cross the robin was trying to pick the nails out of His hands and feet. A drop of blood fell on its breast and that is why it has a red breast.- Collector
- Kathleen Gear
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballymacaw, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Patrick Gear
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Ballymacaw, Co. Waterford