School: Clonshough
- Location:
- Clonshagh, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: C. Ní Bhroin
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- When swallows fly low it is going to rain, when swallows fly high it will be fine.
Robin Red Breast, got its name because a Robin tried to pick the thorns from the head of Jesus, and a drop of blood fell on his breast.
The wren builds its nest in thy ivy with thorns and moss.
The jay thrush builds its nest in the fork of a tree.
The blackbird builds its nest with moss and muck in the hedge.
The canary is a song bird and it is caged and put hanging on the wall.A waterhen builds its nest on the water her nest consists of reeds and grass. She builds it between two reeds or rushes and when the water rises her nest comes up and when the water falls her nest goes down with it.
A young waterhen's first
- Collector
- Lilian Hearns
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Turnapin Lane, Co. Dublin
- A waterhen builds its nest on the water her nest consist of reeds and grass. She builds it between two reed or rushes and when the water rises her nest comes up and when the water falls her nest goes down with it.
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