School: Inistioge (B.) (roll number 1916)
- Location:
- Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Máirtín Breathnach
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- (continued from previous page)plumage of the duck is dense. The duck is adorned with hues of a bright emerald green on an ashy brown. The duck builds her nest not far from the water, in which she lays from five to ten eggs of a greenish white which are hatched for about a month.
The blackbird builds its nest in a hawthorn bush. The nest is made of mud and feathers in which it lays from three to five eggs of a whitish colour which are hatched for a fortnight. The pigeon builds its nest in an ivy tree. The nest is made of sticks in which it lays two eggs of a white colour which are hatched in a fortnight.- Collector
- Edward Cody
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mr M. Cody
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 43
- Address
- Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny