School: Tullyvin
- Location:
- Tullyvin, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: M. Feeney
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- Bird Lore.
The birds most commonly found in this district are - blackbirds, thrushes, wrens, crows, robins, sparrows, chaffinches, toms, tits, wagtails, magpies, cranes, pigeons, halks, jackdaws, and the migratory birds are swallows, cuckoos, and corncrakes.
These three birds migrate to warmer countries when the cold weather comes. The sun swallows rem-
ain with us until October. When they are leaving the gather up in batches and sing a song. The cuckoos leave about the middle of Julyand the corncrake leaves about the end of June.
The blackbirds build their nests in hedges and old stumps of trees and build them of moss. They lay four speckled(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Philip Hannigan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ashfield Glebe, Co. Cavan
