Robin RedbreastThe tradition is that when our Lord was on His way to Calvary, a robin picked a thorn out of His crown, and the blood which issued from the wound falling on the bird dyed its breast with red. (See Christian Traditions.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Robin Redbreast from Infoplease:
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