School: Ínse Cloch (roll number 7101)

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   in a craggy place or on the top of a tall tree. The swallow builds its nest under the eave of a house. All these birds remain three weeks sitting on the eggs. It is said that when the swallow flies low it is a sign of broken weather, but when she flies high it is a sign of rain.
   When the seagull and other sea birds are to be seen inland it is a sign of rain. When the curlew is to be heard calling loudly it is also a sign of rain. It is said that when Our Lord was dying a robin came to Him while He hung in agony, and tried to pick a thorn out of his head, and a drop of blood fell on the robin's breast, and from that day to this he is called robin-redbreast. At out Lord's baptism the Holy Ghost came on earth in the form of a dove. It is said that the birds used to eat food from St. Francis' hand.
   The cuckoo does not build any nest of her own, but lays her egg in the nest of another bird. There is a story connected with the cuckoo being followed by a little small bird. It is said that the cuckoo layed her egg in the nest of the meadow pipit, and when the eggs were hatched by the meadow pipit, the young cuckoo was also hatched and fed by the foster-parents. Then after

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   1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
         1. bird-lore (~2,478)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Michael Hurley

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Dromsullivan South, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mr T. Coppinger

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   72

   Address

   Ards More West, Co. Cork