School: Currans (C.) (roll number 4460)
- Location:
- Na Coirríní, Co. Chiarraí
- Teacher: Nóra, Bean Uí Bhraoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0445, Page 129
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- (continued from previous page)both inside and outside Other chimneys were made of timber and some had no chimney but a hole in the roof.
- There are a lot of birds in this district:-
Robins, Thrushes, Blackbirds, wrens, corncrakes, cuckoos, swallows, sparrows starlings and yellow hammers.
The Blackbird builds her nest in bushes or in banks. The thrush in hedges or in fences. The swallows in the cow-houses. The robin in fences. The wren in an old wall or in a holly bush. The crow on the tops of tall trees.
The thrush usually lays about five eggs, blue with brown spots. The wren(continues on next page)
