School: Kilmurry
- Location:
- Kilmurry, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: A. de Búrca
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0803, Page 196
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- (continued from previous page)Thrushes : -
The thrush builds her nest of hair and moss. She builds her nest in a bush. She makes her nest of moss and lines it with hair. She lays five eggs. The colour of the eggs is blue with black spots on them. She is two weeks hatching alsoMag-pie : -
The mag-pie builds her nest in a firdeal tree. She makes it out of little bits of sticks and she lines it with moss. She puts a roof on her nest. She lays seven or eight eggs. The colour of the eggs is blue. The mag-pie is three weeks hatching.
- Sky lark: The sky lark builds it's nest in the long withered grass. She makes it out of feather and grass. She lines it with feathers. She lays five little blue eggs and she hatches them for about two weeks.Jay thrush: The jay thrush builds it's nest in the fork of a tree. She makes it out of sedge and moss and lines it with sheep's wool. She lays four or five blue eggs with black spots and she hatches them for three weeks.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Mulhall
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Ballyteige Little, Co. Offaly
