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School: Tattenclave

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Táite an tSléibhe, Co. Mhuineacháin
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Chróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0948, Page 170

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    makes its nest in a hedge or a ditch. It lays about six eggs in its nest and then she sits on them for two weeks and then the wee birds come out of the eggs, and then they get big.
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    The cuckoo comes in April,
    She sings her song in May:
    Then in June she whistles her tune
    And in July she flies away.
    The cuckoo has one wee bird with her. She is called her wailer maid. She flies with the cuckoo in the air. The cuckoo lays her eggs in another birds nest. She is a very lazy bird.
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    Topics
    1. gníomhairí (~1)
      1. seanchas ainmhithe (~1,185)
        1. seanchas na n-éan (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Paul Corrigan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12
    Address
    An Chailleach, Co. Mhuineacháin
    Informant
    Hugh Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    58
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    An Chailleach, Co. Mhuineacháin