School: Collon (roll number 14579)

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   “The blackbird is black with a yellow beak, lays eggs of a skyblue colour, about four or five, and these eggs are sprinkled with little brown dots and, it builds its nest in a hawthorn bush.”

   

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   One for sorrow.
   Two for joy.
   Three for a wedding.
   Four for a boy.
   When the curlew whistles it is the sign of rain.

   

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   “The birds seen around this district are, the robin, the wren, the blackbird, the thrush, the stair, the pigeon, the crow, the magpie, the snipe, the woodcock, the pheasant, the patridge, the oul, the curlew, the plover, the joy, the hawk, and the linnet, ”

   

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   The birds seen around this district are, the robin, the wren, the blackbird, the thrush, the stair, the pigeon, the crow, the magpie, the snipe, the woodcock, the pheasant, the patridge, the oul, the curlew, the plover, the joy, the hawk, and the linnet, and during the Summer months there number is added to by the coming of the cuckoo, the swallow, and corncrake.
   The wren builds its nest in a thorn bush, this nest has a roof, and two doors, then if anyone goes near the nest it can fly out the

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kitty Hanratty

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Collon, Co. Louth