School: Cúil Mhaoile (Scoil N. Feichín)
- Location:
- Collooney, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Eachmharcaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0178, Page 118
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- (continued from previous page)Sky-larks build in a whin-bush or in rushes or in grass. The colour of their eggs are (brown) blue. She lays four eggs.
Bog-larks build in a bog. The colour of their eggs are brown. She lays four eggs.
The gold-finches build in an elder-berry tree. The colour of their eggs are white. She lays five eggs.
The thrushes lays four eggs. The colour of her eggs are blue with black spots on them.
The water-hens build in a hole in the bank of a river.
The lapwings build on the ground. They lay four or five bluish eggs with spots of brown on them. They are the same colour as the place which they are (layed) laid. The young birds also are the same colour as their surroundings so that it is very hard to see them.
They call "peewit" "peewit". They are sometimes called plover or plibeen or peewit.
- A ferret is given a drink of milk but he is not allowed to finish it. The amount that is left is called "ferret's leavings". This is given as a cure for measles.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Josephine Irwin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Billa, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Thomas Irwin
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 49
- Address
- Billa, Co. Sligo
