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Bird-Lore - The Cuckoo

Abstract: Story collected by a student at Loughill school (Ballymunterhiggin, Co. Donegal) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 1026/4/58

 Loughill [Vol. 1026, Chapter 0004]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Donegal Schools

Story text

transcribed at

 

Bird-Lore - The Cuckoo  [duchas:4388396]

“the cuckoo comes in April, sings her song in May. In the middle of June she turns her tune and then she flies away.  Another old rhyme is:- “the cuckoo is a small bird. She sings as she flies. She brings us good tidings and tells us no lies.”
If one hears her in the morning when one is fasting one will die that year. She builds no nest but lays one egg in a thrushes’ nest. She throws out of it the Thrushes eggs before she lays her own. Sometimes she lays it in a lark’s nest. The thrush or lark rears her young. The young cuckoo is very proud because it is bigger the other young birds and before long

Bird-Lore - The Cuckoo  [duchas:4388397]

she shoves the other birds out of the nest. A small bird is always seen flying around with the cuckoo. Some say it is a “Riabhóg”.

Resource description

Origin information
Ballymunterhiggin, Co. Donegal
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 209-210
Volume 1026
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Eibhlis Ní Mhathghamhna.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Birds--Folklore
Bird-lore--Seanchas na n-éan
School location
Ballymunterhiggin Ballymunterhiggin Inishmacsaint Tirhugh Donegal
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4498942
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 1026/4/58

Suggested credit
"Bird-Lore - The Cuckoo"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4498942>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Eibhlis Ní Mhathghamhna.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

School location

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