School: Lorg an Iarla (roll number 13590)
- Location:
- Lurganearly, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: E. Ní Choilldubh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0942, Page 065
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- (continued from previous page)best at the side of a flaxhole and it is seen hopping about the street when it is hungry.
The starlings build their nests in a barn and there are starlings build their nests in the gable of our school, underneath the slates every year. We can see the old birds carrying worms in their beaks.
The water-hen builds her nest near a river and is not seen very much.
The cuckoo builds no nest of her own and lays her eggs in any other birds nest.
Sometimes the owl is seen in the wood in the day time It sleeps on a tree in the day time
when the pee-weet or plover cries out loud over the meadow it is a sure sign of rain.
When the swallows fly low it is a sign of rain In this district not far from Lurganearly school there is a blackbird with a white head and(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mrs E. Cochrane
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Tonyscallan, Co. Monaghan
