School: Mullach na Cille (roll number 14649)
- Location:
- Mullennakill, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Eibhlín Ní Chéadagáin
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- The crow is a very big black bird. She makes a very bad nest with a few sprigs threw across each other. She lays three big white eggs.
The wren makes a long nest with moss and mud and she lines it with hair. She has a cover on it.
The magpie makes a very good nest, she makes it with sprigs in and out between each other. She lines it with hair and she lays five white eggs.
- The commonest birds around here are the "Blackstairs" and the "Williewagtails".
The Williewagtails build their nests in between two stones in the ditches and they line them with hair. They are very cosy and shallow. They lay five blue eggs with brown spots on them. After three weeks the young ones come out and when feathered they fly away.
The blackbird builds her nest in a furze bush. It is made of hay and mud and is(continues on next page) - Collector
- Johanna Conway
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glenpipe, Co. Kilkenny
- Collector
- Stasia Conway
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glenpipe, Co. Kilkenny
