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   eaves and in the chimney.
   We are told that if we rob a swallows nest the cows will milk blood.
   The Robin builds her nest in the ditch.
   She lays four or five eggs. We are told that she got her red breast by trying to pull the nails out of Our Lord's Hand's. The Wren builds her nest in a sgeach. She lays twenty or twenty two eggs.
   The black-bird builds her nest in a laurel tree or in a sgeach. The lark stays with us the year round. She builds her nest in the ditch or sometimes on the ground in a bog. She lays four or five eggs. The Robin builds her nest in a mossy place in the cold side of a ditch.

   Written by . Kathleen Atkinson
   Information given by.
   Christopher Atkinson
   Gurteen

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   1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
         1. bird-lore (~2,478)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kathleen Atkinson

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Christopher Atkinson

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   56

   Address

   Gorteen, Co. Wexford