School: Rahugh (roll number 12905)
- Location:
- Rahugh, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: P. Ó Maonghaile
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- (continued from previous page)Although she was small, her family was great,
So rise up Lords and Ladies and give us a treat. - It is said that the black-bird built a nest in Saint Kevin's hand
- The wild birds of this district that migrate are the wild duck, wild goose, water hen, cuckoo corn-crake, swallow and those that stay here always are the crow, curlew, mag-pie, black-bird, thrush, sparrow, snipe, robin, crane, jay, phesant and the wren.
The wild duck and wild goose do not lay here. The water hen lays in a tuft of sedge, the cuckoo lays her eggs in another bird's nest. The corn-crake builds her nest in a meadow. The phesant builds in a hole in the ground. She lays one clutch and covers it grass and rots that clutch and so on until the hole is filled.
There are some birds that give the(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mattie Dunne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Montrath, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Patrick Dunne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Montrath, Co. Westmeath