School: Durrus, Bantry (roll number 13023)

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   or wren. She comes to this country in the month of May and departs in the early days of August. When she is flying a few sall birds follow her. The following poems are known locally about the cuckoo:-
   Cuckoo, Cuckoo, what do you do?
   In April I open my bill,
   In May I sing night and day,
   In June I change my tune,
   In July away I fly,
   In August away I must.

   The cuckoo is a fine bird,
   She sings as she flies
   She brings us good tidings and tells us no lies,
   She sucks the sweet May flower to make her voice clear,
   And the more she sings cuckoo the Summer draws near.

   In April come she will
   In May she sings all day
   In July she becomes quite shy,
   In June she changes her tune.
   In August go she must.

   The magpie builds her nest on a high tree so that nothing can get at it. She makes it with sticks and lines it with hair. She lays

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   1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
         1. bird-lore (~2,478)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Susannah Jane Pyburn

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Dunbeacon, Co. Cork

   Informant

   John Pyburn

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Dunbeacon, Co. Cork