School: Carraigíní (roll number 11693)
- Location:
- Carrigans Lower, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Thos. Mc Gettrick
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- (continued from previous page)from his crown. He tried to ease His sufferings. In doing so a drop of blood fell on his breast ever since he is called Robin Red Breast.
- When the curlew is heard whistling it is a sign of bad weather.
When the rooks fly low it is a sign of rain and when they fly high it is a sign if good weather, it is also said that when the rooks leave one wood and go to another wood there will be a change in the weather.
When the robin is seen around around the door of a dwelling it is a sign of coming storm.- Collector
- Michael J. Mullen
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrigans Lower, Co. Sligo