School: Easgéiphtine (B.) (roll number 2039)
- Location:
- Askeaton, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Donncha Mac Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0503, Page 246
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- (continued from previous page)The local birds hatch the eggs for about three weeks. The wren lays the most eggs of all birds, sometimes she lays twenty one eggs. Boys are sometimes told that if they rob birds nests they will get warts on their hands. The weather is sometimes judged by the birds, if swallows fly low it is the sign of rain, and if crows are in a bunch together it is the sign of rain also.
People say that when Our Lord was going to be crucified, the wren betrayed him, and that the robin helped him. A drop of blood fell from Our Lord on the robin, and that is why the robin has a red breast. A lot of birds help the farmer. The seagull which is always after the plough, eats the worms that harms the farmers crop. Each bird has a different colour and its own beauty.
- Collector
- John Nestor
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Milltown North, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Mrs Nestor
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 52
- Address
- Milltown North, Co. Limerick
