School: Béal Átha Feorainne (B.) (roll number 1866)
- Location:
- Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: M.S. Ó Ceallaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271B, Page 08_006
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Wild birds.The robin is a small bird. She is brown in colour and she has a red breast. She builds her nest in the sides of ditches or in the wall or in an old barn. She builds the outside of her nest with moss and hay and hair, and she builds the inside of her nest with wool and then she lines it with feathers to make it warm..Then she lays her eggs. She lays five eggs and when she has them laid she hatches them for about three weeks. Then when the little ones come out of the shell, their father and mother have a busy time looking for food for the young ones. In winter when(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Muckloon, Co. Galway
