School: Carragh (roll number 12527)
- Location:
- Carraghs West, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Cnáimhsighe
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- There are wild birds to be found in my district such as the swans. These birds fly from Killbeg lake to Ballinlough lake and they build there. No one kills a swan because they are afraid that they would kill the children of Lir. A pidgeon build her nest on a very high tree. she makes her nest out of sticks and clay and then she lines the nest with hair and feathers. She lays five or six eggs and hatches them for three weeks. The crow is a very clever bird and when a man goes out shooting there is always a crow on the watch and when she sees him she calls to the other birds. Then they all fly away.
The crow starts to build her nest on the first day of March and if the day(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Glynn
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- James Glynn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Foxborough, Co. Roscommon
