School: Graughlough
- Location:
- Greaghclogh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs Wade
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- (continued from previous page)of old houses, and the robin in a hole in the ditch. A Willie wagtail builds in a Bog or in a rick of turf, or in a sand pit. The linnet builds in a hedge. The yellow hammer builds in a hedge also. Some of the wrens build in the bottom of a hedge. Others build in an old house or in an old shed. Others build in a rick of turf in a bog, and others build in the eaves of houses. The finch builds in an old apple bush or in a high hedge.
The blackbird builds a very nice nest in a hedge. She builds her nest with moss. She lays about five eggs. The thrush builds a big round nest with moss and some clay inside it. She lays five eggs and she sits on the eggs three weeks. The swallow is a very nice bird and she builds in the same place every year. She builds a very nice nest. She nearly always builds in a house. She builds a nest of clay(continues on next page)- Collector
- Joe Cochrane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Greaghclogh, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mr T. Cochrane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Greaghclogh, Co. Cavan