School: Baile an Tobair, Baile an Londraigh (roll number 10314)
- Location:
- Ballintober, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Tuama
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0511, Page 247
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- The birds of my district are Crows, Robins, Magpie, Pidgeons, Pheasant, Jackdaw, Thrushes, Wrens, Bull-finch, Gold-finch, Swallow, Plover, Wag=tail, Snipe, Blackbird, Grouse, Corncrake, Woodcock, Lark, Seagull, Wild=ducks, Geese, Heron, Blind-bat, Stone-chat, Water=hen, Martins, buckoo, Yellow-hammer, Curlew, Jay, Tom=tit, Scarecrow, Jack-Snipe, Hawk, Starling, Tit=lark, Sky=lark. All those birds excepting, Cuckoo, Swallows, Corncrake, Martins, remains here throughout the year Those three arrive here in the Spring, and leave about august possibly for a warmer country,. The Starling too is also a visitor. He is to be seen here from November to April when then he (disapear) disappears. The Pidgeon builds her nest on high trees the nest is made of sticks. The eggs she lays are white and the most she lays is two eggs. The Swallow makes her nest on gable-ends of houses and on the rafters of houses. Her nest is made of mud and feathers and she lays five eggs. The colour of the eggs is brown with white spots. The crow builds her nest on high trees and the nest is made of sticks. She lays about four-eggs. The(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret Fitzgearld
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
