School: Newbliss (roll number 8328)
- Location:
- Newbliss, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Margaret E. Doogan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0950, Page 247
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- A thorngray builds its nest in a bank with moss, and it lays four eggs.
A whingray builds its nest in a whin when it is in blossom, and it is a gray and red colour. It lays four eggs.
A weatherblade builds in a hedge, it lays four eggs and clocks three weeks.
The sallywick builds in a hedge with moss, and lines it with feathers. It lays about four spotted eggs.
A curlew lays four blue eggs, and it builds its nest at the edge of a lake.
- Informant
- Mr J. Smyth
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Newbliss, Co. Monaghan
