School: Cill Bheoláin (B.), Áth an Mhuilinn, Ráth Luirc
- Location:
- Cill Bhláin, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Séaghdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0369, Page 137
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- The blackbird, swallow, cuckoo, corncrake, water-hen, robin and thrush are found locally. The swallow, cuckoo & corncrake leave for warmer countries in winter. The water-hen lays blue eggs on which there are brown dots & the thrush lays the very same kind of egg. The blackbird's eggs are similar but they have black dots.
- The birds sit on the eggs for about a fortnight before young birds appear. When the swallows fly low rain is near. The cuckoo never builds her nest but goes into another nest, lays her egg & hatches it.
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- Collector
- William Horgan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gort na nGall, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- Mr Patrick Horgan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 52
- Address
- Gort na nGall, Co. Chorcaí
