School: Drom an Tacair (roll number 9411)
- Location:
- Dromthacker, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Siobhán, Bean Mhic Talbóid
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- The pheasant and the wood cock are the wildest birds in my district.
They migrate.
The birds build in house-eaves and holes in the walls.
The pheasants' eggs are speckled.
The bird sets on the eggs for four weeks.
Any-one who robs a bird's nest gets a sore hand.
It is a very good sign of the weather if the swallows fly high in Summer and it is a very bad sign of the weather if the Swallows fly low.
When the crows fly low and screech, it is a sign of very bad weather.
The robin is connected with the Life of Our Lord.
The robin is the only bird that sings in Winter.
- Collector
- Bonnie Rice
- Gender
- Female
- Collector
- Nóra Ní Culloca
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Ballybeggan, Co. Kerry
