School: Coiscéim (B.) (roll number 3886)
- Location:
- Kishkeam Lower, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Ceallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0356, Page 008
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- The robin, the thrush, the blackbird, the rook, the jackdaw and the sparrow are the most common birds in this district that do not migrate. The robin's nest is usually found in a mossy fence, and she lays five eggs and she sits on them for three weeks.
The thrush builds her nest on a whitethorn tree, and lays four speckled eggs. She sits on them for a month. The blackbird builds her nest on a thick hedge and she sits on the four speckled eggs for a month. The wren makes her nest in a fence or a hedge and her eggs range from ten to twenty in number. The swallow, the cuckoo and the plover are the birds in my district that migrate. The swallow builds her nest in the roof of a shed and makes it with mud. She lays four spotted eggs and sits on them for a month. The Cuckoo builds no nest and the nest she takes is very rarely found. The Plover comes in the Winter and goes away in the Summer. The rook is a big black bird and builds his nest on the top of a high tree. He lays about four eggs and sits on them for twenty days. The sparrow is a small bird of a grey colour. He. She builds her nest(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick T. Casey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockavoreen, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Timothy Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 73
- Address
- Knockavoreen, Co. Cork
