School: Ráth Araidh (roll number 9362)
- Location:
- Rahara, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: M. Ní Bheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0267, Page 120
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- Bird Lore.
The comonest birds are the robin, wren, blackbird, crow, cuckoo, magpie, seagull, thrush and sparrow.
The seagulls make her nest near where there is water. She makes it of grass on top of a hillock. She lays four eggs. The young ones are the colour of young turkeys. The seagulls come from the sea when there is going to be a storm.
Some people keep birds in cages mostly canaries, gold finches, and green linets.A rhyme about magpies:-
One for sorrow,
Two for joy,
Three for a wedding,
Four for a boy,
Five for silver,
Six for gold,
Seven for a secret,
Not to be told.
One magpie is supposed to be a sign of bad luck coming about a house,(continues on next page)
