School: Díseart, Droichead Átha (roll number 1434)
- Location:
- Dysart, Co. Louth
- Teacher: M. Ní Ailpín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0672, Page 197
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- The wren lays seven eggs, sometimes twenty-four and they are of a white colour, and she hatches for five weeks.
The robin lays five eggs, of a white colour, with brown spots and sits for three weeks.
The blackbird lays four eggs of a blue colour and she also sits for three weeks.
The swallow lays four eggs of a white colour, and sits for a fortnight.
The tom-tit lays three eggs of a white colour and she sits for two weeks.
The piegon lays two two white eggs, and sits on them for a fortnight.
The crow lays five eggs, and they are of a white colour, and she sits for three weeks.
The jackdaw lays five white eggs, and she sits on them for three weeks.
The corncrake lays ten eggs of a brown colour and sits on them for three weeks.
- When wild geese are flying about it is a sign of storm.(continues on next page)
