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School: Castlebernard

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Cionn Eitigh, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
Teacher:
Annie Halpin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0820, Page 171

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    Bird Lore
    The wild birds I see around my home are:-
    Robin, Blackbird, Starling, Bull-finch, Gold-finch, Yellow-hammer, Wood-pigeon, Sparrow (hedge), Wagtail, Lark, Wren, Thrush, Linnet, Magpie, Crow, Swallow, Cuckoo, Corncrake.
    The Swallow, the Cuckoo and the Corncrake are only visitors here in the summer months.
    The swallow chooses to build it's nest in the eaves of a house, or in a chimney. The materials for it's nest are grass, bits of straw, feathers and mud, these it carries in it's broad beak. It gets it's food in the air while flying. It feeds on insects.
    The cuckoo does not build any nest but lays it's egg on the ground and carries it in it's beak to another bird's nest generally a hedgesparrow's.
    It's song is only two notes "Cuckoo".
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. gníomhairí (~1)
      1. seanchas ainmhithe (~1,185)
        1. seanchas na n-éan (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Giltrap
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Baile an Churraigh, Co. Uíbh Fhailí