School: Mohill (B.) (roll number 12415)
- Location:
- Mohill, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Francis Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0215, Page 043
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- (continued from previous page)what she was told. When she was finished churning the churn was half full of butter, and the little woman was as stiff as a bar of iron outside of the door when she opened it.
- Robins are the most common birds in this district. The robins do not migrate, but the swallows and other birds go away in the month of October. The swallows gather on a roof and then they go away together. Crows usually build on top of a very high tree. The blackbird and the thrush build their nests in a hedge. The wren, the goldfinch, the white winged sparrow, the linnet, and the yellow hammer also build their nests in a hedge. A robin builds in a dry ditch or a mossy bank. The swallow builds on the rafters of a shed. The sparrow builds her nest in the eave of - house. The tom-tit builds in a hole in a wall. The colour of the blackbirds(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Robert Logan
- Gender
- Male
