School: Fortview, Clones (roll number 15300)
- Location:
- Clones, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: S. de Bhál
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0946, Page 157
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- (continued from previous page)St. Columkille loved all birds especially doves. The name means the “dove of the church”.
When Our Lord was being crucified a robin passed by just then, an ordinary brown bird looking for crumbs, and going up picked a thorn out of His hand, taking it to be a crumb. At that moment a drop of blood fell upon his breast and to the present day all robins have a red breast.
There is an old story connected with the cuckoo which is as follows. One day a little boy would not obey his mother so he was turned into a cuckoo and he went about crying "cuckoo". Most of the smaller birds chase the cuckoo because it lays its eggs in their nests.
