School: Lios Tuathail Buachaillí
- Location:
- Listowel, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Brian Mac Mathúna
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- When the cock blackbird is singing he says "Tis fine, tis fineWhen the hen blackbird is singing she says "[?] dub dub; [?] dub dub.When the robin is singing it says "'Twill be fine, 'twill be fine, 'twill be fine."If a boy robs a nest scabs will come on his hands.People say that if a person sick in bed and if he gets an egg with two yolks that it will cure him and they also that there is a cure in the first egg that a hen lays.When people are trapping singing birds they sometimes make a crib. This they do by getting small(continues on next page)
- Collector
- W. Keane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Listowel, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Mrs Keane
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Listowel, Co. Kerry