School: Baile Dubh (2), (B.)
- Location:
- Ballyduff, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Seán Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0634, Page 365
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- The wild birds that are commonly known in my district are the seagull, the swallow, the robin, thrush, blackbird, curlew plover gold finch magpie.Name of Bird | Where the nest built: material
Swallow | On the walls of houses with mud.
Robin | In a ditch with moss and hair.
Thrush | On a bush with sticks hair and moss.
Blackbird | A blackbird usually builds its nest on garden walls with hay and hair.
Curlew | The curlew builds its nest on a cliff near the sea. It builds its nest with moss and heather.
Plover | In a fog with rushes.
Wren | In ivy with moss.
Torn-tit | It builds its nest in the wall with moss and hair.
Magpie | There is an old saying about this bird. One for bad luck, two for good luck, three(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Master Laurence Farrell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Marshtown, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs Farrell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Marshtown, Co. Cork
