Abstract: Story collected by Sígle Ní Briain, a student at Edmonton school (Edmondstown, Co. Westmeath) (no informant identified).
Original reference: 0728/1/50
School Edmonton [Vol. 0728, Chapter 0001]
County The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Westmeath Schools
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;
Original reference: 0728/1/50
Wild Birds
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