School: Altóir, Tuar Mór, An Sciobairín (roll number 12071)

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   hole in the side, which she gets into the nest by.
   She lays about seventeen or eighteen eggs. The eggs are white with blue spots all over them. She sits on the eggs for about a fortnight.
   It is said that when the wren leaves her nest to provide food for her young that she puts a leaf up against the hole in the nest so that no cold can get to her young ones.
   The Lark doesn't build any nest, but she lays her eggs in a hay field.
   She lays about five black eggs.
   She sits on them for about a fortnight. When the young birds come out, she tends them very carefully and after four weeks or so then they are able to provide for themselves.
   The Plover builds her nest in the eaves of houses. She builds her nest of hay and feathers. She lays four or five cream coloured eggs, on which she sits for about four weeks.
   The Starling builds her nest in the eaves of houses. She lays about four or five eggs. She sits on the eggs

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Frances J. Connell

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Altar, Co. Cork