1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Tobar (B.)

School: Tobar (B.)

Location:
Tober, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
C. Ó Maoltuile
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0808, Page 091

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0808, Page 091

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Tobar (B.)
  2. XML Page 091
  3. XML “Wild Birds”
  4. XML “Wild Birds”

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

  1. Wild Birds

    Share Share Post
    In the townsland of Ballinaminton there is a cranes' grove. There are only four cranes' groves in Ireland. One of them is in Ballinaminton. A crane is a big grey bird like a goose. This bird lives on fish. Oftentimes a half-dozen of them is seen passing our house going down to our river. When he reaches the river, he settles down on a stone in shallow water. When the fish come, they begin to bite his feet because his feet look like worms. Often he has a fight with an eel. He carries the fish in his bill to his grove.
    He builds his nest on the top of a tree. The bird is so big and clumsy he has to leave two holes for his feet when he is building. The cock bird feeds the hen. She lays two eggs.
    The cock bird feeds the young. Then he teaches them how to fly. Then he flies to the river and calls the young.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

  2. Wild Birds

    Share Share Post
    You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.
    (continues on next page)
    Cancel
    Transcription guide »
    By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Molloy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyboughlin, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Thomas Molloy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Ballyboughlin, Co. Offaly