School: Gowran (C.)
- Location:
- Gabhrán, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: Máiréad Ní Chuinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0860, Page 059
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- Crows and jackdaws usually build their nests on the first of March. They build their nests in trees & also in old chimneys.
The swallows build their nests in old cliffs or in the eaves of houses. If boys kill birds that build in a cowhouse the cows would die.
- Collector
- Mary Dalton
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gabhrán, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Informant
- Pat Mc Grath
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Uatraí, Co. Chill Chainnigh
