School: Carrigeencor (roll number 10826)
- Location:
- Carrigeencor, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Mrs Annie Gillmor
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0200, Page 059
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- Swallows, Martins and SwiftsThe swallow is well known and a much loved bird, and their arrival about the 10th April is the unfailing sign of Spring. The long narrow pointed wings, and forked tail are characteristic of their family, which in general has dark over plumage, changing to lighter below. They feed on insects which they catch on the wing.The common swallow is called the chimney swallow. If the old nest has not been destroyed he will repair
it, but if he has to make a new one, he usually builds it under the eaves or against the beams of chimneys of a house or out building. If a swallow builds in a byre it is believed to be lucky, as the animals will take no disease. The swallow usually brings up two families during the season. The young birds, and their parents begin to leave the country in great flocks, they collect on the rigging of outhouses about the end of August or the beginning of September
The martin is very like his cousin the swallow except that the hind parts are covered with white feathers. The nest is always built against the side of a building, and the bird is often called the house martin.The swift dresses in much the same style(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mrs Annie Gillmor
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
