School: Kiffa
- Location:
- Kiffagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Helen Dinneen
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- (continued from previous page)or wall with moss, (?) and feathers she lays about five or six eggs. If the robins nest is robbed she builds another nest. The robin stays all the time in Ireland. It is said that if the robin sings in the bottom of a tree it is a sure sign of rain.
The wren is the king over all birds. The way she got it was when the birds were choosing who would be the king they said who ever would fly the highest would be the king. The little wren jumped up on the eagle's back she was so light the other bird did not find her when the eagle was winning she soared up higher and hot the crown. The wren is the smallest of the feathered friends and one that is found all over Ireland. She has brown plumage marked by bars of darken brown with its tail always uplifted.
The swallow is another small bird. She does not stay in Ireland in Winter she goes away home to Africa. She builds her nest in the caves of houses she lays five eggs. The colour of the swallows(continues on next page)
- Collector
- May Mc Clelland
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kiffagh, Co. Cavan
