School: Tolerton, Ballylickmoyler (roll number 11321)

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1. Bird-Lore (continued)

   

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   The blackbird builds her nest in a whitethorn or a blackthotn bush. She lays five blue eggs. She sits on the eggs for three weeks.
   The robins build their nests in a ditch or in a bush. They build their nests of moss and feathers. They lay four white eggs with blue dots in them. They lie on the eggs for two or three weeks.
   The wren builds her nest in a palm tree. She builds her nest with moss and soft feathers. She lays twenty or twenty - two white eggs. It is said that she is the King of the birds.
   The crows and the woodpigeons and the

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Gwen Atkinson

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Monavea, Co. Laois

   Informant

   Carmel Graham

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Towlerton, Co. Laois