School: Cluain Mín, Malla (roll number 4448)
- Location:
- Clonmeen North, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Maurice Meade
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0362, Page 106
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- (continued from previous page)The wild birds which are the most common in the district are the crows. They don't migrate. They are noticed by their noise. The thrush build her nest in the centre of the bush. The finch in an apple tree. The linnet in a bush. The lark in the middle of a field or in a corn field. The wren in a hole in the ditch. The robbin in a hole in the ditch. The yellow-hammer in the same place. The ladywagtail in the bank of the river. The thrush's egg is blue and the nest made of moss grass and clay. The finch's egg is white and black and the nest is made of moss and grass. The linnet's egg is grey and green and the nest is made of grass and moss. The wren's egg is black and nest made of grass and feathers.
- Collector
- Biddy Connell
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr Owen Halloran
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 71
- Occupation
- Tailor
- Address
- Gortmore, Co. Cork
