School: Cullies
- Location:
- Cullies, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: James Clarke
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1014, Page 075
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- The birds most commonly known in this district are, the robin, the wren, the lark, the black-bird, the thrush, the crow, the mag-pie, the curlew, the cuckoo, the corncrake and the swallow.
The crow and the mag-pie build their nests in a high- tree in a plantation. They build their nests of sticks and mud. The corn-crake and the lark build their nests in long grass. The black-bird builds her nest in a black-thorn bush. She lays for or five eggs. The swallow builds her nest in the eave of a house. The cuckoo builds no nest of her own, she lays her egg in some other bird's nest. The cuckoo, the corn-crake and the swallow(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Anna Lynch
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumhillagh North, Co. Cavan
