School: Áth Treasna (B.) (roll number 11236)
- Location:
- Newmarket, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Dálaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0353, Page 198
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- The word "migrant" means wandering and migrant birds are those which stay with us only a part of the year. The first class are those that come from cold countries to spend the winter with us. They return to their own countries to breed, in Spring.
The second class are those which come from warm countries to spend the summer with us. They return home in Autumn.
The principal birds which visit this country in summer are :- the Cuckoo, the Corncrake and the Swallow.
The cuckoo is a bird which resembles the hawk very much in appearance and in size. She comes to this country in April and she goes away in July. There is a small poem which says
The cuckoo comes in April,
She sings her songs in May,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Francis Kelleher
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Scarteen Lower, Co. Cork
