School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)
- Location:
- Killacrim, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Micheál Óg Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0407D, Page 18_026
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- (continued from previous page)lined with feathers. She lays six eggs and they are white with brown spots. This is how the robbin got her red breast:- When Our Lord was dying on the cross she tried to take the crown of thorns off his head and a drop of blood fell on her breast.
The wren builds her nest in the thatch of a house. The nest is made of moss and lined with feathers. She lays about twelve eggs and they are white eggs with black spots.
The blackbird builds her nest in the side of a ditch. It is made of sops of hay and lined with feathers. Her eggs are blue in colour.
The owl builds her nest in a cluster of bushes. The nest is made(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eamonn Bairéad
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killacrim, Co. Kerry
