School: Béal Átha an Dá Chab (2) (roll number 13976)

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1. Composition - Bird-Lore (continued)

   

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   eggs for over a fortnight.
   The thrush'es nest is of the same kind, but the eggs are different in colour, they are green with black spots. She lays only four eggs.
   The magpie builds its nest in a blackthorn bush. It is a very cold nest made chiefly of sticks and grass. Near three weeks it takes the bird to hatch the eggs.
   The hawk builds its nest in the wall of an old ruined house or in an ivy bush. The eggs are nearly white in colour, and it takes the bird nearly three weeks to hatch the eggs.
   The rook builds its nest on the top of a tree and the crow builds on the top of a chimney. These nests are made of sticks and grass or hay. The pigion builds its nest in an ivy bush or among the beaches of a tree.
   Weather is judged in many ways by the behaviour of certain birds. When starlings come to us cold weather is coming. When rooks are seen soaring, a gale is supposed to be near. When swallows fly high, fine weather is supposed to be coming.

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Thomas Kingston

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballydehob, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mrs Thomas Kingston

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballydehob, Co. Cork