School: Tairbeart (C.)
- Location:
- Tarbert, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Chonaill
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- (continued from previous page)linnet and stone-chat. Near a hedge or bush we may find the blackbird and thrush. Their nests are hidden by the dead leaves at the bottom. In the warm months of Spring the swallows come to us. They build their nests under the eaves of houses. Swallows go away to other countries as they could not stay here when the winter is so cold. The cuckoo builds no nest, and chooses the nest of the robin. The wren is a very small merry bird. She sings at all seasons of the year. The wren's nest is different to all other birds nests. The chaffinch builds her nest in an ash tree. The lark builds(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bernadette O Sullivan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tarbert, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Gerald O' Sullivan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Tarbert, Co. Kerry
