School: Abbeytown Convent N.S. (roll number 15043)

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1. Bird-Lore (continued)

   

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   white-thorn hedge, and it is made of soft grass and moss. It is thickly lined on the inside with fine wool from the sheep. The bird lays about five blue speckled eggs.
   The thrush makes a large nest, not unlike the blackbirds. It is made of course hay stuck together with mud. The blackbird's egg is blue and the thrushes is brown.
   The wren builds a high round nest with a very a very small hole in one side. The wren often lays about twenty eggs. The robin often builds her nest in very conspicious places. It is just an ordinary nest and the bird usually lays five or six eggs.
   Boys are often told that if they rob nests, especially robin's, that the priest would put horns on them.
   It is said that if a jackdaw's tongue is slit with a three-penny

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Maura Mc Loughlin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballinafad, Co. Roscommon

   Informant

   Mrs Murray

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Boyle, Co. Roscommon