School: Fraine, Athboy (roll number 14766)
- Location:
- Fraine, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Brighid, Bean Uí Chonalláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0696, Page 149
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- The names of the birds that are commonly seen in my district are:- The Thrush, the blackbird, the robin, the wren, the yellow-hammer, the lark, the crow, the hawk, The sparrow, the stair, The pigeon, the willie-wag-tail, and the gold-flinch.
The thrush builds his nest in the bushes or hedges. The blackbird builds his nest in a hawthorn bush.
The robin builds his nest in the backs of ditches or on some mossy spot.
The stair and the swallow builds their nests in sheds or house-eves.
The wren builds his nest in the bushes or in hedges.
The crow, the jackdaw and the magpie builds their nests in the tops of trees.
The yellow-hammer builds his nest in a sheltry place.
The birds sit on the eggs for about three weeks.
Boys are told that if they touch the eggs the bird will forsake the nest.
- Collector
- Á. Ní Dh
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- M. Devine
- Gender
- Unknown
