1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Castlebernard

School: Castlebernard

Location:
Kinnitty, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Annie Halpin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0820, Page 172

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0820, Page 172

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Castlebernard
  2. XML Page 172
  3. XML “Bird-Lore”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Bird-Lore (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    Bird Lore (Continued)
    The thrush likes to build in a hedge, or in an apple tree, or in the forked branches of a hazel tree.
    It's materials are dry grass, rootlets, twigs and moss and it is lined with wet mud.
    It's eggs are a greenish blue speckled with fawn, grey or purple spots.
    It lays from five to six eggs, and the mother bird sits on them for about three weeks.
    When calling it's mate it seems to say "Tue, Tue", or "Bod-0-link" or "How-do-you-do".
    It has a habit of hopping along the ground and then taking a quick run like a wagtail, and picks up a worm.
    The thrush is very fond of snails and to get one out of it's shell it whacks it against a stone.
    Writer's name: Thomas Giltrap, Kinnitty Parish, Ballincur Townland.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Giltrap
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballincur, Co. Offaly