School: Caiseal Seanachain (roll number 15170)
- Location:
- Cashelshanaghan, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Bláthnaid Ní Ghiolla Fhaolain
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- Collector
- Ernest Speer
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Ballyboencurragh, Co. Donegal
- The pigeon, seagull, pheasant, wild duck and the crane are found in our district. Some of them go away in winter. The swallows sit on the telegraph wires and on the housetops before they go away. The robin builds its nest in a ditch. The blackbird, the thrush and the wren build in bushes. The swallow and the starling build on the house-eaves (?). The crow, the pigeon, the hawk and the magpie build on tree tops.
The robin’s nest is made with fog, hair,(continues on next page)