School: Gortnaskeagh (roll number 16321)
- Location:
- Gortnaskeagh, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Anna Nic Aodha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0199, Page 182
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A Song (continued)
“Come all ye true (and) brave Irish men,”
(continued from previous page)And were not there at all,
We hope they will soon return,
To their friends in Donegal.
- There are many kinds of birds flying in the air namely, "Black birds," "Sparrows," "Robins," "Willey Wag tail," "Crows," "Cranes," "Wrens," "Pigeons" "Thrushes" "Larks," "Starlings," "Swallows," "Wrens," "Cockoos," "Yellow Yarns,", "Hawks," "Gold Finches," "Ravens," "Curlews," "Sea Gulls," "Wood Cocks," "Moor Hens," "Pigeons," "Pheasants," "Balcooks,"
"Black Birds," "Sparrows," "Willey Wag Tails," "Stairs," "Swallows," "Wrens," build their nests in eaves of houses and sometimes some of those birds build them in bushes. Crows build their nests in bushes. Larks build their nests in cow's tracks. The corn crake builds her nest in a meadow. Yellow Yarns build their nests in the side of a ditch. Very few birds go away in the(continues on next page) - Collector
- Annie Gilmartin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tawnymoyle, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Mr James Mc Guire
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Pollboy, Co. Leitrim
