School: Athea (roll number 15686)

Location:
Athea, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Mrs M. Danaher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0486, Page 034

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0486, Page 034

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  1. The birds common in this district are, the robin, wren, black-bird, thrush, mag-pie, jack-daw, swallow, and lark.
    Robin - Builds her nest in a hole in the ditch, made with moss, hay ad feathers, lays five white eggs with brown spots.
    Black-bird - Builds her nest in a white thorn bush with sticks moss and puddle lays four blue eggs with brown spots. Sits on the eggs for two weeks.
    Thrush - Builds her nest in a white thorn bush of sticks and moss and lines it with mud lays four or five green
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eibhlín Ní Cathasaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Athea, Co. Limerick