Wild Birds

Abstract: Story collected by Sígle Ní Briain, a student at Edmonton school (Edmondstown, Co. Westmeath) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0728/1/50

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Wild Birds [duchas:4981512]

Great numbers of wild birds live in this country. The commonest ones are:
The robin, the thrush, blackbird, wren, stony chat, and yellow hammer, the grey and green linnet, the lark, the gold-finch. Most of these birds delight us with their sweet songs. Other wild birds are:
The crow, magpie, jackdaw, wild-geese, curlews, wild-ducks, water-hens. These birds do not sing.
Other birds which come over to this country in early Summer are: the cuckoo, corncrake and swallows.
The blackbird and the thrush build thei rnests in white thorn bushes; The robin builds in a shady bank; The wren builds in a white-thorn bush or in an old wall; The skylark builds her nest in a mossy bank;

Origin information
Edmondstown, Co. Westmeath
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 068
Volume 0728
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Mrs O' Brien.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Birds--Folklore
Bird-lore--Seanchas na n-éan
Animals--Folklore
Animal-lore--Seanchas ainmhithe
School location
EdmondstownEdmondstownKillucanFarbillWestmeath
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5117876
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0728/1/50

Suggested credit
"Wild Birds"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5117876>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Mrs O' Brien.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

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