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School: Carley (roll number 5332)

Location:
Crooked Wood, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Brigid Cooke
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0738, Page 344

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  1. Wild Birds

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    The pidun
    The pigun makes a nest in the wood or in the top of a big tree and makes it out of sticks and moss and feathers.
    The Robin
    The Robin builds in a ditch or bank and she makes her nest out of moss and hair and feathers.
    The wren builds a nest of moss in a haw-thorn bush or in a heap of ivy.
    The Crow
    Crows makes a nest of sticks in the top of a high tree
    The Jackdaw
    The Jackdaw bulds his nest in an unused chimney out of sticks.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Folktales index
    AT0221: The Election of Bird‑king
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