School: Cnoc na Groighe (B.), Ráth Mhór
- Location:
- Knocknagree, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Muimhneacháin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0358, Page 120
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- The names of birds to be found in the district are:
the, blackbird, wren, robin, thrush, sparrow, lark, swallow, curlew, green-linnet willie wagtail, crow, jackdaw, chaffinch, magpie, plover, pheasant, wood-cock, grouse, snipe, cuckoo, gabhairín rotha, wild goose, wild duck, hawk, pigeon crane, owl, starling, sea-gull.
The swallow, cuckoo and corncrake migrate, and return in April.
The blackbird builds its nest in a white thorn tree, the wren in a mossy fence, the thrush in a furze bush, the sparrow in the middle of a white thorn tree, the robin on the side of a fence, the crow on top of a high tree and the on top of a chimney,
When the swallow flies very low it is a sign of rain.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tadhg Ó Súilleabháin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Nohaval Upper, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Tadhg Ó Súilleabháin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Nohaval Upper, Co. Cork
