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School: Baile Máirtín, Muine Beag

Location:
Ballymartin, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
Bean an Bhreathnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0904, Page 607

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    Each bird hatches her eggs for about threeweeks. Some people hold the tradition that the robin picked a thorn from Our Lord's head during the "browning with Thorns" and a drop of blood fell on her breast. Since then she has a red breast.
    Boys are told that if they rob a bird's nest the cows will milk blood.
    The swallows fly very low in Summer when it is going to rain. The crows fly furiously in the sky when it is going to rain. The robin comes into the house in Winter when it is going to snow.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Richard Phelan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Ballymartin, Co. Carlow