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School: Tolerton, Ballylickmoyler (roll number 11321)

Location:
Towlerton, Co. Laois
Teacher:
L. Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0838, Page 179

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    magpies build their nests with sticks and moss. They lay four eggs. They build their nests in a tall tree.
    It is said if you rob a swallow's nest the cows will milk blood. There are stories told about how the robin got her red breast. Some say when Our Saviour was dying on the cross a drop of his Precious Blood fell on her breast and that was how she got her name.
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