School: Currach Saileach (roll number 13800)
- Location:
- Curraghsallagh, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Séamus Mag Fhloinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0243, Page 069
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- (continued from previous page)three weeks.
Tomtit:- It builds its nest in the thatch of a house or in a hole in the wall. It is a small nest of feathers and hay and it lays four green eggs and hatches them for three weeks.
Willy wagtail:- It builds in hole in the wall and it makes it of some withered grass and hair. It lays four black eggs and hatches them for three weeks.
Sparrow:- makes its nest of straw and hair in the thatch of a house. It lays five eggs with brown and white spots and sits on them three weeks.
Yellow hammer:- builds in the ditch or under a bush and makes it of hay and hair. It lays five white eggs and hatches them for three weeks.
Robin:- builds in a fence and makes it of moss and hair. It lays five white eggs with brown spots and it hatches them for three weeks.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Towey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloonargid, Co. Roscommon
