School: Carrickgorman
- Location:
- Carrickgorman, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: M. Fleming
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- (continued from previous page)field, he had a gun with him and he fired a shot at her and hit her, so in a short while he went to her house and found her lying bleeding on her kitchen floor, after that he had his full supply of butter when he churned his milk.
- There are many kinds of birds such as the robin, the lark, the thrush, the goldfinch, the majpie, the crow and the hawk. These are mostly around the neighbouring lime kiln, they nest mostly around a lake in the trees, the birds gather moss of the bogs, bits of sticks and wool, the majority of the birds lay five green eggs, when the young ones come out the mother bird waits for a fortnight till they are trained and able to mind themselves.
The cuckoo comes to us and lays her eggs in a lark's nest. She does not hatch it but she gets another bird to do it.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Willie Roundtree
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrickgorman, Co. an Chabháin
- Informant
- Miss Carrie
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Togher, Co. an Chabháin
