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   Bird Lore

   The robin is a small brown bird with a red breast which builds a nest of hair and moss and lays five small eggs with brown spots.
   The Blackbird is a large bird which builds a nest of clay and moss in a bush and lays four blue eggs.
   The yellow hammer is a small brown bird with a yellow breast and head, which builds a nest of moss and feathers in a bunch of ivy.
   The wren is a very small brown bird which builds a nest of moss in the eave of a house
   The thrush is a large brown bird with a speskled breast which builds a nest like the blackbird and lays four eggs
   The Magpie is a large white bird with a black breast head and tail which builds a nest of sticks and hair and lays three eggs
   The swallow is a small brown bird with white feathers which builds her nest in a byre or old house.
   The Starling is a black bird about the size of a thrush which builds a nest of straw and hair in the eave of a house

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Thomas

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Michael Thomas

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   38

   Address

   Glasdrumman, Co. Leitrim