School: Clodiagh, Inistioge

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1. Bird-Lore (continued)

   

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   water-hen, scall-crow, the crane, the swallow, the cuckoo, the hawk, searcán, corn-crake, partridge, curlew, philipine, the magpie, gold-finches.
   A robin generally builds her nest in a mossy wall. She makes a very tidy nest and lays five or six eggs in it. The eggs are white and dotted with brown spots. The robin hatches the eggs for about a fortnight and then the young birds come out.
   A hedge-sparrow, builds a very small tidy nest and lays four or five dark coloured eggs in it.
   The tom-tit builds her nest in a stone wall and lays seven or eight eggs. The eggs are something the same as a robins egg.
   The bullfinch is a very nice bird. People do like him because he eats the buds off the apple trees.
   The boglark is a brown bird. She lays four or five small green eggs in a nest in the stump of a sgeach
   The skylark always builds her nest on the ground and lays from three to five eggs in it.
   The brownín lays six black and white eggs
   A yellow-hammer lays three fair sized eggs, freckled

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Sadie Donnelly

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny