School: Baile na Mín (roll number 14925)
- Location:
- Ballinameen, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Conchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0238, Page 376
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- There are many different birds some of which I am going to describe e.g. Robin, Thrush, Blackbird. The robin is a small bird with brown feathers, and a red breast. She builds her nest in a mossy ditch, and lays and lays white eggs, with tiny spots.The thrush is a little bigger than the robin; she is brown in colour and lays blue eggs. The thrush builds her nest in a bush. The blackbird is the same size as the thrush; she builds in a low bush, and lays bluish-green eggs. Birds are useful creatures. They benefit the farmer by picking up the worms and slugs that would be a danger to certain crops. If we observe the habits and flight of birds we can learn hints of weather lore.
- Collector
- Thérèse Brennan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockglass, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Thomas Kenny
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Acres, Co. Roscommon
