School: Cullies
- Location:
- Cullies, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: James Clarke
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1014, Page 072
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Cullies
- XML Page 072
- XML “Bird-Lore”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- (continued from previous page)The robin lays five eggs of a brown colour and the wren lays eighteen eggs of a blue colour.
The blackbird and the thrush build in bushes. They build with mud and sticks and moss. They lay four eggs of a blue colour. The cuckoo builds no nest of her own she lays her eggs in another bird's nest . Every bird hatches her eggs for three weeks.
It is said that if boys rob a birds nest the bird will curse them. When the swallows fly very low it is supposed to be a sign of rain. When the crows fly in crowds together it is a sign of rain and when the curlew cries it is also a sign of rain.
The time the soldiers were looking out for Our Saviour to kill Him, He(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Magorry
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cullies, Co. Cavan
