School: Summerville (roll number 622)
- Location:
- Summerville, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: John Burke
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0652, Page 55
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- (continued from previous page)September.The cuckoo comes early in April and goes in about August. The plover goes to the mountains about March and comes back about October. The corncrake comes about April and leaves about October. Other birds that migrate are the wild goose, crane and snipe.
The crow builds her nest in a high tree. Her nest is made of little bits of sticks and grass and is lined with hair. She lays three or four white eggs. The thrush builds her nest in a bush. The nest of is made of mud and moss. The thrush lays three eggs. The eggs are blue with black spots on them.The jay's nest is much like the thrush's but her eggs are coloured a kind of yellow with dark brown spots. The robin builds her nest in bushes or in(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Gerald Mc Carry
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballymacaw, Co. Waterford
