School: Ballyfasey, Glenmore (roll number 9880)
- Location:
- An Baile Fásaigh Íochtarach, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: Domhnall Mac Cárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0845, Page 508
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- The Snipe, The Plover, Philipeen, The Wood Quest, The Hawk, Partridge, Wild Duck, The Owl, Pheasants, The Goldfinch, The Sparrow, The Robin, The Wren, The Goldencrested Wren, The Yellow Hammer, The Sky Lark, The Magpie, The Thrush, The Blackbird, Stonechat, Sallywren, The Linnet, The Mud Lark, and Grouse
They build their nests in bogs, diches, bushes, hedges, in chimneys, and on the ground. The reason why the robin has a red breast is that she brushed against Our Lord's body when he was bleeding on the cross. The reason why all small birds chase the cuckoo is because she lays in their nest's.
- Collector
- Edward O Rourke
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile an Bhadraeigh, Co. Chill Chainnigh
