School: Tolerton, Ballylickmoyler (roll number 11321)
- Location:
- Towlerton, Co. Laois
- Teacher: L. Ó Broin
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- (continued from previous page)the amount of Rye sown in it in olden times
- The birds most common in this country are the Cuckoo, the Swallow, the robin, the stare, the blackbird and the Linnet.
The Cuckoo and the swallow migrate to foreign countries. The swallow migrates in late September. The Cuckoo goes away about the 21st of August. The Cuckoo is the nicest bird of them all. It has a speckled breast and red feet. The robin builds her nest in a white thorn tree. When a flock of Stares are seen near a house(continues on next page)- Collector
- Andrew Dowling
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ardateggle, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Michael Doyle
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ardateggle, Co. Laois