School: Ráth gCaola (B.) (roll number 1282)
- Location:
- Rathkeale, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Seán Ó Coindealbháin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0501, Page 053
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Ráth gCaola (B.)
- XML Page 053
- XML “Bird-Lore”
- XML “Bird-Lore”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- (continued from previous page)bank, made of moss and lined with feathers, lays about four eggs colour white dotted brown.
7 Wren builds her nest under a thatched house, nest is made of moss and feathers and she lays about eighteen eggs.
8 Goldfinch builds her nest on an apple tree, lays three eggs, colour blue. Nest is made of moss and lined with hair.
9 Lark builds her nest in a hole in the ground, lays four eggs colour white dotted brown, nest made of hay.
10 Tommy blue lays about nine eggs. Nest is built in a hole of a tree, nest is made of moss and hair.
11 Crane builds her nest on top of a tree in an island, lays a few eggs, nest is made of sticks and rushes.
- Thrush, blackbird, pigeon, wood cock, robin, goldfinch, bullfinch, chaffinch, tommy blue, linnet, seagull, snipe, swan,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Joe White
- Gender
- Male
