School: Allenwood, Robertstown (roll number 1712)
- Location:
- Allenwood, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Seán Ó Clúmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0775, Page 063
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“One summer a bird of a dark colour and with a cross on his bill...”
built his nest in one of our stables. There were five young ones and they never came back.Blue-tits and crossbills and swallows build their nests in stables.A crane has such long legs that he makes a nest with a hold in the bottom and his legs can be seen protruding from it.If boys rob a robins nest they will get warts on their hands. The reason why a blackbird has a yellow bill is that he dipped his bill in a pot of honey.If anybody robs a swallows nest and if he has a cow milking, the cow woul dmilk blood and the swallows would desert the place. Swallows used to build their nests in our barn and one day someone poked(continues on next page)
- Collector
- N Connelly
- Gender
- Unknown
- Address
- Grangeclare West, Co. Kildare
- Informant
- Margaret Lyons
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Grangeclare West, Co. Kildare