School: Clonmacnoise
- Location:
- Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: P. Ó Maolmhuaidh
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- (continued from previous page)The Cuckoo is a gentle bird, she sings
as she flies.
She brings us good tidings, and tells
us no lies.
She pecks the young birds' eggs, to
make her voice clear,
And she never cries "cuckoo" till the
Summer is near.When the Cuckoo flies in the air, a small bird called the Riabog follows her. No one knows why.When the Cuckoo sings at night it is a sign of fine weather. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.