School: Baile Uí Dhuibh (B.) (roll number 13635)

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1. Bird-Lore (continued)

   

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   blue eggs and their nests are built of hay and mud. The thrushes build their nests with moss and hair and lay five brown eggs. The swallows built with hay and mud and lay from three to four white eggs. The rooks build their nests with sticks and lay three grey eggs. The boys that rob birds nests are told that the birds will pick their eyes out. There is a story told about how the robin got her read breast. The robin tried to take the thorns off our Lords head and its breast was put bleeding with the prods of the thorns and that is how it got its red breast. another story is that it covered our Lords head and that He laid His hand on its breast and the birds breast got red and remained ever since. The crows build on the first of March but if the first of March falls on a Sunday they will not begin to build their nests until the following day. When the swallows fly low it is a sign of

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Maurice Millea

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Kilmeadan, Co. Waterford

   Informant

   Edward Millea

   Relation

   Unknown

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Kilmeadan, Co. Waterford