School: Carrickallen
- Location:
- Carrickallen, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: A. Lynch
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1022, Page 129
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- (continued from previous page)when Our Lord was dying on the cross there flowed some drops of blood from his wounds and that the robin rubbed its breast against the drops of blood, and it came to pass that all robin's breasts have been red, since that time.
The robin builds its nest (of) at the butt of the white thorn or in an old teapot.
This bird builds its nest of moss and she lines it with feathers and hair on the inside.
The robin lays about five or six small eggs.
These eggs are brown with white "dots".
This bird hatches these eggs for about a month.
At the end of a month young birds come(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Sexton
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carricknashoke, Co. Cavan
