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School: Áth Treasna (B.) (roll number 11236)

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Áth Trasna, Co. Chorcaí
Teacher:
Seán Ó Dálaigh
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    Name / Nesting Place / Description of Nest, Eggs and Food
    Thrush (song) / On the forks of low bushes. / Dry hay and moss lined with feathers. Seeds berries, worms, snails. Blue eggs
    Thrush (bull) / On the forks of a tall tree. / Similar to that of the song thrush.
    Blackbird / Same as thrush. / Same as thrushe's. Mud lined with hair. Four blue eggs with dark blown spots. Food same as thrush excepting snail. Very fond of ripe fruit such as currants, cherries. therefore hated by gardeners
    Snipe / On the ground in a dry clump of grass or rushes in a marshy place / Nest made of grass. Rushes interwoven overhead to form a canopy. Five brown eggs. Lives on very small water worms or insects.
    rushes in a
    marshy place
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. gníomhairí (~1)
      1. seanchas ainmhithe (~1,185)
        1. seanchas na n-éan (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick O' Driscoll
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    An Scairtín Íochtarach, Co. Chorcaí