School: Cnoc an Teampoill (C.), Ráth Luirc
- Location:
- Freemount, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Bean an Bhreathnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0365, Page 296
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- (continued from previous page)they have six young ones each time. The skylark makes his nest in a hole in the ground and it is built of dry hay and it lays three eggs. The sparrow builds his nest under the thatch of a house or in a hold in the wall of a house. The blackbird builds his nest in a very thick hedge or in a shed. It is built of bits of sticks and moss and hay. She lays four eggs and they are of a blue colour. The thrushes nest is the same as the blackbird but it lays five eggs. The corncrake builds his nest in a corn field and the young ones are black. The wild pigeon builds her nest in an ash tree. It lays three eggs and they are of a blue colour. The curlew builds his nest in a meadow. Nora Foley, Glouneycomane, Freemount
Got from : My father.
- Collector
- Nora Foley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glanycummane Lower, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Foley
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glanycummane Lower, Co. Cork
