School: Balrath (1) (roll number 9770)
- Location:
- Balrath, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: C. Ní Pharthaláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0719, Page 351
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- (continued from previous page)When the hens are asleep at night they are dreaming of going back to Denmark.
When the cock crows in the morning that means that the King of Heaven is well.
The names of the wild birds are the wild geese, the water hens, the wild ducks, the bald-coate, the swans, divers, snipes and grouse.
The wild geese come to Ireland in Winter. The water-hen and the wild duck build their nests in a swampy place. The bald-coate, divers and snipes build their nests in rushes beside a river or a pond. The grouse builds her nest in the bog. The swans build their nests in a lake or pond.
- Collector
- Kathleen Fagan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Foyran, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Mrs Fagan
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 82
- Address
- Foyran, Co. Westmeath
