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School: An Gleann (roll number 14113)

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Glen, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Proinnsias Ó Ciaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0179, Page 383

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    The cuckoo makes no nest, but she lays her eggs in other birds nest. The robin lays five eggs and the wren twenty and over it sometimes and the rest of the birds lay nine or ten.
    When the swallow flies low and the crane is to be seen around the bog holes, curlew whistling and the seagulls coming in clusters to the lowlands is the sign of bad weather. The robin has a red breast because a drop of the sacred blood fell on her breast.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Conlon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doongelagh, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    James Conlon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Address
    Doongelagh, Co. Sligo