School: Killashandra
- Location:
- Killashandra, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Ó Leannáin
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- (continued from previous page)food at night. He can see better at night than in the day time and he has a cat's head.The swan is the largest bird to be found in this district, he is a white colour. He builds his nest at the edge of a lake and it consists of reeds and sticks. The colour of its flesh is black.
- Names of birds in this district, The thrush, the lark, the crow, the pigeon, and the wren.The lark builds her nest of moss and feathers and hair in a hole in the ground.
The crow builds her nest of sticks only on the top of a tree. - Informant
- Tom Mc Clean
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coragh, Co. Cavan
