School: Drummond
- Location:
- Drummin, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: P. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0903, Page 402
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- The swallow comes in April and migrates in October. She builds her nest in sheds and houses. She lays from five to six eggs. The swallow does not stay with us like the wren, the robin and blackbird. The robin has a red breast. It is said that the robin wiped Our Lord's face with her breast and the wren told the soldiers where Our Lord was hiding.
In winter the wild ducks come. They build their nests beside the river.
- Collector
- Edward Kavanagh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballynacoolagh, Co. Wexford
