School: Ráth na Loch (C.), Fearann Fuar (roll number 17000)
- Location:
- Ranalough, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Aodhgáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0446, Page 086
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- (continued from previous page)5 The long field, because it is very long.
6 The lake field, because there is a lake in the end of it.
7. The coarse meadow, because the hay that grows on it is very coarse.
8. The small field, because it is very small.
- Wild birds like: wild geese, wild ducks, plover, seagull, pheasants, woodcock, snipe, and waterhen are generally found in bogs and marshy places. The wild birds that are found in the district round about our houses are as follows; robin, wren, blackbird, thrush, sparrow, swallow, cuckoo, corncrake, green linnet, skylark, crow, magpie, gold-finch, hawk, pigeon and yellow-hammer. All these birds build nests of their own except the cuckoo.
The swallow, cuckoo and corncrake are migratory birds.
The robin builds its nest in very peculiar places generally on fences. She builds her nest with moss and lines it with feathers. She lays about five eggs of a white colour and dotted with brown.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Nellie Hannon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Parknamulloge, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- John Hannon
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Parknamulloge, Co. Kerry
