School: Ballinvally (B.) (roll number 931)

Location:: Ballinvally, Co. Westmeath
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0723, Page 173

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whitethorn bush or under the thatch of a house. Her eggs are white with brown spots on them. The pigeon builds her nest on a beech tree. She lays two eggs and they are white. She makes her nest with sticks.
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The weather can be judged by the behaviour of certain birds. When swallows are flying low it is a sign of rain. Their food is flies and when there is rain coming the flies fly low. When the swallows fly high it is for the same reason and so it is a sign of good weather. When the curlew is calling it is a sign of rain. When the seagulls are inland it is a sign of a storm. When the wild gesse come from the north it is a sign of hardship.

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