School: Baile Dubh, (C.) (roll number 15541)

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1. Bird-Lore (continued)

   

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   and the wren builds a very tidy cosy nest and lays fourteen or fifteen eggs in every clutch.
   The robin stays around my district at all times of the year and builds its nest in a small bush or mossy bank and its nest is made of small sticks, wool, moss and lined with feathers. She lays four or five eggs of a whitish colour. She lives on small worms.
   The thrush builds its nest in small bushes or holes in ditches and it does not migrate.
   Its colour is brown, with a spotted breast, and its nest is made of mud, sticks and lined with moss.
   It lays four or five big blue eggs with brown dots on them and she eats berries, worms and small insects.
   The crow does not migrate and it builds its nest on high trees, its colour is black and its nest is made roughly of sticks and hay.
   It lays four white eggs and it eats

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Margaret Murphy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Toornageeha, Co. Waterford

   Informant

   Patrick Scanlon

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   56

   Address

   Toornageeha, Co. Waterford