School: Druim (1)
- Location:
- Drum, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Doreen Leach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0947, Page 412
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- (continued from previous page)The thrush builds its nest in a hedge. It makes it with straws and clay. It lays four or five eggs. They are blue eggs. A sparrow builds its nest in a hedge. It makes it with moss and hairs. It lays about four white eggs. A swan makes here nest at the edge of a lake in the reeds. She makes it with straws and reeds. She lays six to eight eggs. She sits on them for six weeks. The swallow build her nest in a house. She makes her nest with mud and straws. She lays five or six blue eggs. She sits on them for three weeks. The wild duck builds her nest in a dry bank in long grass. She lays from ten to twelve white eggs. She sits on them for a month.
A crow builds her nest in a tree, She makes it with sticks. She lays two eggs.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Freddie Stewart
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drum, Co. Monaghan
