School: Ballystrang (roll number 15364)
- Location:
- Ballystrang, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó Cuinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1103, Page 97
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- (continued from previous page)touching them. They make their nests out of sticks and fog. The swallows come here in the Summer. They build their nests under the eaves of houses They make their nests out of clay and feathers. Their eggs are white with red dots in them. When they fly near the ground it is a bad sign. They leave again about then end of August. The Black bird and the thrush begin to sing on the first day of Spring. They do be glad because the Winter is gone. The Robin stays about the house during the Winter looking for crumbs. When the Winter goes away it does be singing cheerfully on the tops(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peter Quinn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cark, Co. Donegal
