School: Abbey (B.), Celbridge (roll number 5350)
- Location:
- Celbridge, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: P. J. McManus
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- (continued from previous page)with his breast, and it put the soldiers off Our Lord's track.
This is supposed to be the origin of how the robin got its red breast.
Why the crow has three sticks over its nest
If we examine a crow's nest we will see that there is three sticks over it as if the crow was going to put a roof over it and had left it there. There is a story connected with this.
The magpie has a complete roof over its nest and the crow thought it would have a roof over its nest also. It asked the magpie to show it how to put a roof over its nest. The magpie was only too glad to show it how(continues on next page)- Collector
- Pádraig Ó Mhaolchraoibhe
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- John Byrne
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 78
- Address
- Oldtown, Co. Kildare