School: Clochar na Trócaire, Cill na Mullach (roll number 11855)
- Location:
- Buttevant, Co. Cork
- Teacher: An tSiúr Bríd
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0369, Page 341
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- (continued from previous page)are usually four in the nest.The Lark is very modest in colour. Some of these larks stay with us all the year round but the others migrate to the south for the Winter. It sings while in flight. The nest is made of grasses and lined with hair, is always built on the ground in grass or corn. There are three or four greenish eggs mottled with dark brown. The Blackbird stays with us all the year round. The male is jet-black with a yellow beak, but the female has a brownish tinge and a brown beak. Their nest is built in a bush or bank or sometimes on the ground. The eggs are bluish-green spotted with brown.The Magpie is usually found in flocks and is welcomed by the farmer as it destroys mice. It is easily recognised by its black and white plumage. When kept in captivity it is extremely mischievous. It builds its nest high up in a tree and there are five or more greenish-white spotted eggs.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Ellen Hanley
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr James Hanley
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 46
- Address
- Buttevant, Co. Cork
