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School: Castlebernard

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Kinnitty, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Annie Halpin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0820, Page 169

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    Bird Lore
    The wild birds that I have seen around this district are:-
    Robin, Thrush, Wren, Blackbird, Sparrow, Magpie, Crow, Wagtail, Sky-lark, Swallow, Corncrake, Cuckoo.
    The Magpie is my favourite bird. He builds his nest in small branches on a high poplar tree or in a thick thorny hedge. The materials it uses are mud, sticks, and leaves and lines it with wool, April the female magpie lays about hair, mud and dry grass. In the month of seven or eight pale bluish green and thickly speckled eggs. To prevent them being robbed her nest has a basket-like cover of thorny sticks. The magpie sits on the eggs for about three weeks. If anybody interferes with the nest or eggs she watches that person's house
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sadie Wills
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    The Walk, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Mr William Wills
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    The Walk, Co. Offaly