School: Saints Peter & Paul, Balbriggan
- Location:
- Balbriggan, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chorcoráin
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lays the largest number of eggs. It is quite common to find twenty four eggs in a wrens nest. Birds have often been remarkable as regards their behavior in different times of the year. When the blackbird or thrush come close to your house int is taken for granted there will be frosty, hard weather. When the swallows fly high good dry weather is expected. On the contrary when they fly low rain is usually expected. The robin is the tamest and most homely of our wild birds. They will come white close to the door and pick crumbs from your hand. The finch is a cage bird and is greatly sought after by bird fancieries. They are very good song-birds.
In our district a great many people rear finches and sell them and make good profit from their birds.- Collector
- May Slevin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Hampton Street, Co. Dublin
- Informant
- Mr P. Slevin
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Hampton Street, Co. Dublin