School: Ballinvally (B.) (roll number 931)
- Location:
- Ballinvally, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Healy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0723, Page 186
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- (continued from previous page)white eggs. The jay-thrush builds her nest in a tree. She makes it of wool and hair. The waterhen builds her nest on the side of a pond and she builds it of grass. The yellow hammer builds her nest in a hedge. She makes it of hay and she lays five brown eggs.
- The weather can be judged by the behaviour of certain birds. When the swallows fly low it is the sign of rain as their food the flies stay near the ground on the approach of rain. The sign of fine weather is when the swallows fly high.
- Collector
- Patrick Murray
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Delvin, Co. Westmeath
