School: Termonfeckin
- Location:
- Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
- Teacher: T. Ó Corcoráin
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- (continued from previous page)a round shape. The blackbird lays five eggs. The blackbird sits three weeks on the eggs.
When boys rob a birds nest they are told it is a sin and that the bird will rob their own nest.
It is said that when pigeons' cries are loud there will be rain. How the robin got its red breast is, when Our Lord was on the cross drops of his blood fell on the robin.
The birds have a speech of their own. Birds are very wise.
- The birds that are common in this district are the crow, blackbird, the wren, robin, thrush and yellow hammer.
The birds that migrate are the cuckoo corn crake, and swallow. These birds come to Ireland in the summer and go to hot countries in the end of the Autumn.
Most of the birds in my district build their nests in old walls or in the bushes, The wren its nest in a wall(continues on next page) - Collector
- Cathleen Mullen
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
- Informant
- Mrs Mullen
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
