School: Ceathrú an Gharrdha
- Location:
- Carrowgarry, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seán Mac Éil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0163, Page 204
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- We are accustomed to a great deal of different birds in our country. They are not the same in colour.
In this country we have the blackbird, yellow-hammer, robin, thrush, swallow, wren, gold-finch, seagull, cuckoo, crow, lark, lapwing, plover, and curlew,
The blackbird builds her nest in a bunch of briars or a long banks. The blackbird's nest is made with mud and dry grass. The blackbird's eggs are blue and dotted with white spots. The yellow-hammer builds he nest along high ditches or whins, her eggs are brown and dotted white.
The robing builds her nest a long banks, she builds with dry grass. the colour of her eggs(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Hallinan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockagower, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mr Pat Hallinan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockagower, Co. Sligo
