School: Beanna (roll number 9524/5)
- Location:
- Banna West, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Cearbhaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0414, Page 298
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - The cuckoo comes in April and sings songs and flies away in July. The swallow, and the lark, and the starling, fly away to some foreign country for the winter and come back for the Summer. The robin redbreast is never seen in Winter and also the wren. The robin has a red breast and that is why he is called robinredbreast. The robin builds its nest in the ditches and lays four eggs. It is not easy to find the lark's nest because when it is going to fly it will always run away from the nest before it will fly so that anyone will not get its nest. For crow builds its nest high on the tall trees. It gathers moss and sticks and straw. It cannot sing like other birds because it has a very hoarse voice.
