School: Béal Átha an Dá Chab
- Location:
- Ballydehob, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Risteárd Ó Lighin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0291, Page 127
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- (continued from previous page)The Wren has a nest about the size of a fair-sized turnip, and has a small hole going in. The Goldenfinch has its nest on top of a thorny tree, and has grand eggs. The Green Lennet has a big nest for its size it builds on briers. The Sparrow has a big cozy nest in a hole in a tree or in chutes of houses.
The Woodthrush is a big bird, and is a grand singer, and it builds on top of a tree. The Pigeon is a grand bird, and has an egg about the size of a pullet The Lady Wasdish has a nice nest of hay. It is said that the Lady Wasdish is a Lady who killed herself with a thorn when she was guarding a child, and the fairies turned her into a bird. The Cirkeen is a bird very wary with a long bill, and would give warning to other birds if you were stealing on them to shoot.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Vincent Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballydehob, Co. Cork
