School: Kinnitty

Location:
Kinnitty, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
S. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0820, Page 330

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  1. Bird Lore
    The Thrush
    The thrush builds her nest in a bush in a ditch, and she makes it out of moss and hair and hay.
    She lays white and speckled eggs, and she hatches them for three weeks. She eats grubs and worms. She stays here all the year round. Her colour is speckled and she is a fairly big bird.
    She is a very nice singer and she is middling tame. She is a very nice and clean bird. She feeds her young ones with grubs and insects. Her bill is black and is very small.
    Writer's name and address: Willie Joe Carry, Kinnitty.
    Informant's name and address: Mr. W. Carry, Kinnitty, Co. Offaly.
    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
    Willie Joe Carry
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kinnitty, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Mr W. Carry
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kinnitty, Co. Offaly
  2. The Wren
    The wren is the smallest of all the birds. She lays fourteen eggs and they are a kind of white. She makes her nest of moss and hair. She makes it in a bush in a ditch or in an old wall.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.