School: Riverstown 2
- Location:
- Riverstown, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Áine Ní Pheadair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0180, Page 286
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- (continued from previous page)Swallows visit our country in April and go away in September. They eat insects including moths and beetles caught on wing. The young feed on insects. They made the nest in May and it is made of mud lined with feathers and grass, usually placed on a beam in an outside building.
- The wild ducks build their nests in the middle of a bunch of whine. Their eggs are blue and are not too big. She builds a fairly big nest with moss and clay and sticks. She sits about three weeks on it.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Dorothy Robertson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Turnalaydan, Co. Sligo
