School: Castlecuffe, Mountmellick (roll number 8749)
- Location:
- Castlecuffe, Co. Laois
- Teacher: J. Devereux
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- There are a lot of birds to be seen in my district and many various kinds. The names of them are the robin,the thrush,the blackbird and the linnet. The cuckoo,swallows and the corn-crake migrate. They come about the end of Spring.and spend the Summer here.When the weather is beginning to get cold they return across the sea to a warmer land. The blackbird builds it's nest in a mossy bank.It lays about four blue eggs,and they are about three weeks hatched, The robin builds it's nest in(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Malone
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballynahimmy, Co. Laois
- Informant
- John Malone
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballynahimmy, Co. Laois