1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Cill Bhonáin, Droichead na Bandan

School: Cill Bhonáin, Droichead na Bandan (roll number 1271)

Location:
Kilbonane, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Briain
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0346, Page 092

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0346, Page 092

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Cill Bhonáin, Droichead na Bandan
  2. XML Page 092
  3. XML “Bird-Lore”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Bird-Lore (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    one of my houses. They have the place occupied for twenty-two years.
    The nests are built of straw and gutter. The swallow lays five eggs.
    The bullfinch builds in a sheltered ivy tree. The nest is built of moss and hair.
    The tom-tit builds in rough stone ditch or in an old stone wall. The entrance to the tom-tits nest is very narrow. The inside of the nest is very spacious. The nest is built of rough uncleaned moss.
    The rooks live in a rookery near the school. Their eggs ar white. The nest is built of twigs.
    The corn-crake lays in a meadow.
    The cuckoo never builds a nest but in mere neccessity. The cuckoo lays her eggs on the ground
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Creed
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aherla More, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr Cornelius O Leary
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aherla More, Co. Cork