School: Portlongfield
- Location:
- Portlongfield, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Ní Chuilinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0983, Page 060
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- The wild birds that are most commingly found in this district are "the crows the magpie pigeons and starlings. The birds that migrate are the cukoo and the swallow. The swallow goes away before the stormy weather is approaching. The cuckoo is noticed to go away before the end of June. Each bird has a way and a place for building its own nest. The thrush and the blackbird build their nests in hedges and bushes. Sometimes wrens build in house eaves. Swallows are fond of building in out houses. Starlings build in walls and in holes of trees. The crow and the magpie build in tree-tops. The robin builds in a mossy bank with oak leaves strewed around its nest. The skylark builds its nest among the grass. The little birds build small nests of feathers and moss. The big birds build rough nests of moss and lined with(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridie Luby
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumhart, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mrs Luby
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 43
- Address
- Drumhart, Co. Cavan
