School: Drumbaragh (roll number 10801)

Location:
Drumbaragh, Co. Meath
Teachers:
M. Brighid Bean Uí Draoighneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0703, Page 456

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    in her own
    The Wren
    The wren builds her nest in a bush and shed covers her nest with moss. She lay about 25 eggs in her nest.
    The robin
    The robin builds her nest in a hole in a ditch she lays six eggs.
    The crow
    The crow her nest in a tree she lays six eggs in her nest.
    The stare
    The stare builds her nest in a hole in tree they lay ten eggs.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Swallow
    The swallow comes here in the summer and build her nest in a rafter of a sheet or eavs of house
    The bog lark
    The bog lark builds her nest in a buith in bog the cuckoo comes when the mother bird is not at home a lay and egg in her nest.
    Skylark
    The skylark is like the bog lark She build her
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Edward Kavanagh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Light Town, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Peter Kavanagh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Light Town, Co. Meath