School: Caisleán Uí Liatháin (C.) (roll number 6845)
- Location:
- Castlelyons, Co. Cork
- Teacher: S. Ní Mhuchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0381, Page 189
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- (continued from previous page)The migratory birds always seem to return to the same places to build their nests eg the swallows.As a rule the birds collect and then fly away together in strange formations
- Crows
build on the tops of trees
Storks
build their nests on the highest tree they can find
Pigeons
build in ivy trees, fir trees and even monkey trees - high or low they lay 2 white eggs with blue specks on them.
Swallows
in the eaves, in ruins - in the rafters - in old "casted"pots or buckets - in haysheds, in walls, in dykes
Robins
build in ditches as a rule or in "casted" household utensils eg old kettles, teapots in hay in bushes & in walls.
Thrushes
build in the white thorn bush
Blackbirds
build in the white thorn bush & in laurel trees
Skylarks
build on the ground in bunches of grass, in wheat, in meadows - in bogs(continues on next page)
