School: Cor na Muclach (roll number 14470)
- Location:
- Cornamucklagh North, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Annie Ryan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0206, Page 125
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- (continued from previous page)The Cuckoo, The Godlfinch, the Pigeon and The Corncrake.
Some of these birds migrate and others do not.
"The Robin."
Robins are very common in this district.
The robin remains in this district all the year.
She is a small bird but she is a littl bigger than the wren.
The robin builds her nest in a close bush and sometimes in a waste byre. She lays six or seven tiny eggs in it.
She is a good songster and she sings all the year only while she is moulting her feather in July.
When the robin sings on the top of a tree in the morning, it is a sign that the day will be fine. When she comes near the door in winter it is a sign of snow.
There is a story connected with the Red Breast of the Robin.
One story is, when our Saviour was hanging on the Cross, a robin came(continues on next page)
