School: Termonfeckin
- Location:
- Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
- Teacher: T. Ó Corcoráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0675, Page 295
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- (continued from previous page)are heard in the evenings, when it is going to rain. Other little birds come around the farm yards when there is going to be a storm.
It is said, that when Our Lord was carrying the cross to Calvary a robin flew and lay on Our Lords hand. A drop of blood fell on its breast. That is why the red breast is on the robin.
There are a few birds which follow the cuckoo when in flight. The "keelog" and the linnet follow the cuckoo to prevent it from robbing other birds nests.
- There are many wild birds found in our district, such as the crow, the jackdaw, the lark, the seagull, the robin, the thursh, the blackbird, the finch, the goldfinch, the green linnet and the yellow hammer.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bellcotton, Co. Louth
- Informant
- Micky Moore
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Sunhill, Co. Louth
