School: Cor na Gaoithe (roll number 7495)
- Location:
- Cornageeha, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Bean Uí Fhloinn
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- (continued from previous page)This is how the Robin got her name.
When Our Lord was dying on the cross, the Robin was trying to pick out the nails, and a drop of blood fell from Our Lord’s hands and feet and on to the Robin’s breast, and from that on, she was called Robin Redbrreast.