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School: The Oak, Portlaoighse (roll number 15377)

Location:
Clondouglas, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Seán Bairéad
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0834, Page 233

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    Bird Eggs
    (1) A magpies egg is white with green spots on it.
    (2) A swallows egg is spotted blue.
    (3) A robins egg is pink.
    (4) A wrens egg is very small, and is white with brown spots on it.
    (5) A waterhens egg is light brown, with dark brown spots.
    (6) A chafinchs egg is a sort of a whitish red, with black spots on it.
    (7) The crows egg is white.
    A blackbirds egg is small and blue.
    The following birds migrate.
    A starling, a swallow, A cuckoo,
    Here is a ryme about the seven sleepers.
    The bee, the bat, the butterfly the cuckoo and the swallow the corncrake puts out his beak and bids the owl good morrow.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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