School: Ballyhaise (2)
- Location:
- Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhaolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0973, Page 152
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- (continued from previous page)a long dark orange (troth) throat.
The thrush is a farily large bird. She is of a brown colour. The builds her nest in a tree or bush. She lays four speckled eggs. She sits for three weeks.
The magpie is a bluish colour. It's known to suck eggs and strangle young game.
People say when four of those ominous birds are seen together it is a sure sign before long of a funeral, and nine are quite a horrid sight.
At certain times of the year they are see on the back of sheep or oxen, freeing them from vermin.
The magpie builds her nest in any kind of a tree or bush. She lays from three to nine eggs, but seven is the usual number, varying in shape size and colour. When they flock together they flutter from place to place in noisy chatter.
The titmice is a nice bird. She(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Betty Seaman
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Crossreagh, Co. Cavan
