School: Doohamlet
- Location:
- Doohamlat, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: P. Mac an Bháird
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0936, Page 276
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- (continued from previous page)its merry chirp is to be heard all the year round.
It builds its next in a secluded place of mud, hair and feathers, and lays five blue spotted eggs.
The sterlings build their nests of straws and feathers in holes in walls. They lay about five pale-blues eggs. They are not well liked because they cause a great destruction on walls of houses.
The Sparrow.
The Sparrow builds its nest in a hole in a hole in a wall or in a bush. She lays about six eggs. When the eggs are hatched another sparrow watches the nest, while the sparrow who owns the nest goes out to look for food. The sparrow(continues on next page)
