School: Moynalty (C.)
- Location:
- Moynalty, Co. Meath
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- (continued from previous page)rushes beside river - hatching two weeks - eggs white with light brown spots.
Starling - Nest small - in hollow tree - very fierce bird.
Snipe - Only to be found in marshy waste land. Probably she builds her nest there.
Sparrow - Nest small - in eaves of houses - of moss lined with hair. eggs blue with brown spots.
Stone Chat - Nest small - in wall.
Bullfinch - in bush - of moss and hay - lined with feathers.
Plover - Nest large - of scutch grass - in marshy land - egg green three in number.When you see a swallow flying low it is the sign of rain.
When crows fly with the wind it is sign of a storm.
When blackbirds gather around a house it is a sign of snow.
When a robin comes into a house it is a sign of bad weather.
How the robin got her red breast - When Jesus Christ was nailed to the cross the robin tried to pull the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Collector
- May Govern
- Gender
- Female
