School: Carraig an Dubhais (Craigadooish) (roll number 10360)
- Location:
- Creaghadoos, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Laura Rountree
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1106, Page 276
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- Bird Lore
These are the birds that are commonly found in this district: -
The crow, pigeon, thrush, butcher-thrush, blackbird, robin, wren, sparrow, ledge-sparrow, lark, hawk, curlew, crane, snipe, swan, jackdaw, magpie, goldfinch, yellow hammer, willie-way-tail, cuckoo and the swallow the corncrake. The cuckoo and the swallow migrate.
The blackbird and thrush build in bushes.
The crow builds her next of sticks near the top of a tree.
The pigeon and the magpie usually build in an ivy tree.
The robin builds her nest of straw and mud. Sometimes her nest is just a hold in the ditch.
The wren has a neat little nest in a hole in the wall perhaps. The opening to her nest is by the side.
The lark makes her nest in a cow-track in the middle of a field, or in a hollow in the mossy bank.
The swan has her nest under the bank of a lake.
The water-hen builds by the water's brink.
The jackdaw usually builds in the chimney.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Laura Rountree
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Teacher
