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School: Drom Mór (C.), Malla (roll number 13780)

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Dromore, Co. Cork
Teacher:
M. Uí Uallaighe
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    let the wren go in and out. It lays fifteen or sixteen eggs. The wren is hunted on St Stephen's day.
    When Our Lord was dying on the Cross on Mount Calvary a robin came and tried to pick the thorns out of His holy head and a drop of the precious blood fell on its breast and that is how the robin got a red breast.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ellen Dineen
    Gender
    Female