School: Tisrara (C.) (roll number 14930)
- Location:
- Four Roads, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Fhlaithbheartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0267, Page 365
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- The most common birds in our
district are the robin, the wren, the thrush,
the jackdaw, the curlew, the swallow,
the corncrake and the lark. The wildgeese
swallows and corncrake migrate.
The crow builds her nest on the top
of the trees. The jackdaw builds her
nest in a chimney it is made of
sticks and moss and wool. The colour
of the eggs is green and specked with
brown.
The blackbird builds her nest in the
bushes. The swallow builds her nest
in the roof of a house
- Collector
- Lizzie Healy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Four Roads, Co. Roscommon
- In olden times people said if they took some forgen water and put it in their aching tooth it would(continues on next page)
