School: St Oran's, Buncrana
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán Mac Éibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1111, Page 321
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - The names of the birds in our district are the robin the blackbird the wren the thrush the swallow the whingraze the [?] a gulls the sparrow the cuckoo the owl the lark the canary the nightingale the magpie and the crowThe robin build its nest in a hole in the ditch. The blackbird its nest in the bottom of a whin bush. The wren builds its nest in the roof of a thatched house. The thrush builds in the middle of a hawthorn bush. The swallow builds high up in a tree. The whingraze build in a whin. The sparrow builds in a hedge. The owl builds its nest in a hole in the wall. The [?] builds in a rush bush and the nightingale builds in a ditch.The blackbird has a yellow bill because she builds her nest in a whin bush and the bush is yellow. The thrush(continues on next page)
