School: Drumshanbo (roll number 16846)
- Location:
- Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Cathal Ó Buadhacháin
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Bird Lore.There are numerous wild birds in this district such as the crow, the robin, the swallow, the wren, the magpie, the golfench, the starling, the seagull, the crain, the wildduck, the grouse, the corncrake the pidgeon the pheasant the curlew, the patridge, the philipine, the linnet, the cukoo, the yellow hammer, the water hen, the snipe, the swans, and the wagtail.The crow builds her nest on the top of a very large tree, she builds her nest of pieces of sticks and twigs and lines it with hay and grass. The robin builds her nest at the back of a mossy ditch. The lark builds her nest in high grass mostly in meadows she builds. The sparrow builds her nest in the eve of a house. The blackbird builds her nest in a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Hughes
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Breanrisk, Co. Longford
