School: Dromseanbhoth (B.)
- Location:
- Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Ó Dubhda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0207, Page 400
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- (continued from previous page)eggs, and differs from all other birds in hatching. Instead of lying upon her eggs as she only lays two she keeps them under her winds and only leaves them down on her flat nest when in search of flood.
The Cuckoo the proudest of birds has her waiting maid the Riabogue, and they both travel together. The cuckoo is too proud to either make her own nest, or near her young; she travels the woods until she finds a comfortable nest and deposits her egg there, and lets some foster mother care it for her. The Cuckoo comes to visit us in the end of Spring, and leaves us towards the end of June. There is great welcome for this bird on account of her beautiful voice. She is of a grey and black colour with a bright breast.
The rooks are a noisy(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Francis Whelan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumgorman, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Bernard Whelan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumgorman, Co. Leitrim
