School: The Downs (roll number 8875)
- Location:
- Na Dúnta, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: S. Molloy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0730, Page 145
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- Bird Lore.
The most common birds found in our district are the robin, the blackbird, the thrush, the wren, and many others. The robin builds her nest on a mossy bank in our gardens, she lays five eggs. She sits on the eggs for three weeks, then the young birds come out and the mother bird feeds them with great care until they are fit to fly.
When she thinks they are able to fly, she takes them to the edge of the nest, and sees them fly a short distance first and by degrees they fly off altogether.
The blackbird, and thrush are the best singing birds in our district.
The male blackbird is a much nicer bird than the hen.
He has a rich shiny black plumage and a yellow beak. He is on a tall tree just at the peep of day, singing his sweet song during the Spring(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Betty Dunne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Na Dúnta, Co. na hIarmhí
- Informant
- Michael Dunne
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 64
- Address
- Na Dúnta, Co. na hIarmhí
