School: Tattenclave
- Location:
- Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Chróinín
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- (continued from previous page)makes its nest in a hedge or a ditch. It lays about six eggs in its nest and then she sits on them for two weeks and then the wee birds come out of the eggs, and then they get big.
- The cuckoo comes in April,
She sings her song in May:
Then in June she whistles her tune
And in July she flies away.
The cuckoo has one wee bird with her. She is called her wailer maid. She flies with the cuckoo in the air. The cuckoo lays her eggs in another birds nest. She is a very lazy bird.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Paul Corrigan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Calliagh, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Hugh Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Calliagh, Co. Monaghan