School: Roisín (roll number 12395)
- Location:
- Rusheen, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Cáit, Bean Uí Chorcoráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0343, Page 157
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- The birds commonly seen in this district are crows, magpies, pigeons, jackdaws, robins, wrens, blackbirds, thrushes, and sparrows. In the Summer time we have cuckoos, corncrakes, and swallows.
The robin, and wren build their nests in holes in fences the jackdaw builds his nest on chimenys, and the pigeon, crow and magpie build their nests on trees. Old people tell us that when Our Lord was dying on cross a little robin flew up to Him, and pulled all the thorns from His Head. While doing so his breast go stained with blood, and that is the reason why the robin has a red breast.
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