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1. Bird-Lore (continued)

   

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   a ditch. The nest is made of moss. The robin lays five yellow coloured eggs. The magpie builds her nest very like a crow's except that the magpie put's a roof on her's. The wagtail build's her nest in a ditch. She makes it with moss. She lays five white. The wren builds in a wall.
   She lays from eighteen to twenty one eggs. The cuckoo is too lazy to build a nest, so she lays in another bird's nest. She lays only one egg. The seagull builds in the cliffs. She lays three or four streaky coloured eggs.
   Some birds are infallible guides of the weather. To see crows swooping down over the sea is reckoned to be the worst sign of the weather.
   When a shag is seen holding

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Gerald Mc Carry

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballymacaw, Co. Waterford