School: An Clochar, Ceann Tuirc (roll number 10232)
- Location:
- Kanturk, Co. Cork
- Teacher: An tSr. Seosamh; An tSr. Berchmans
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- There are a great many birds found in this country such as the robin, the thrush, the starling, the stonechat, the linnet, the wagtail, the cuckoo, the swallow, the crow, the seagulls, the blackbird, the magpie, the pigeon, the sparrow, the curlew and lots of other birds.
It is usually near the bottom of a hedge that the blackbird and thrush are found. They do not perch high like a robin. The robin likes to build her nest very high up on a tree. if we want to know the blackbird we must not be led astray by its name. The male blackbird is black but the female is brown and her bill is bright only in spring.
The swallows are well known summer friends, but they are not such good singers. They build their(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Ethna Hennessy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Curragh, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr P. Hennessy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Curragh, Co. Cork
