School: Ballinode (roll number 10665)

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   build in chick hedges and lay four to six eggs. The sparrow builds in a sally tree. The robin and lark builds in mossy banks and in boggy places. The sparrow lays five eggs and the robin and larks lay six eggs. The wren builds its nest in hedges and in banks. It builds a different nest from the other birds. It builds a round nest with a hole in the side of it and it lays ten to twenty eggs. All the other birds build their nest in the same shape and line it with feathers. All the birds sit on their eggs for three weeks. When the crane flies low it is a sign of bad weather and when it flies high it is a sign of good weather. When the swallow

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eileen Maxwell

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Kilnahaltar, Co. Monaghan