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School: Arva (C.)

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Arvagh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
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    out of our Lord's head and some of the blood fell on her breast and made it red.
    Generally when anyone sees a cuckoo it is followed by a smaller bird. It is supposed that it was in this bird's nest that the old cuckoo laid her egg and so the little bird thinks she is the cuckoo's mother.
    The birds have peculiar speech too. The crow says "Where, where", and the corncrake says "corncrake eat meat, knive, fork, spoon, plate."
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rose Ellen Sheridan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corradownan, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    John Sheridan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    46
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Arvagh, Co. Cavan