School: Kilberry (roll number 2533)

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   colour of the eggs is white with black spots on them. The crow builds her nest on a branch of a high tree. When the young birds come out the father and mother bird feed them with worms. The weather can be judged by the crows when they go home early in the evening it is the sign of a storm. When they are flying high it is the sign of good weather.

   

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2. Bird-Lore

   

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   The wren builds her nest of moss and wool. She lays twenty one eggs and she sits on them for a month. The wren builds her nest in the bushes. She stays with us all the year. The wren is supposed to say "I'll tell you fifteen times and I won't tell you again." If any boys rob the wren's nest she leaves it and never comes back again. The snipe is a small grey and brown bird about the size of a thrush. She has a long pointed beak. She lives in marshy land close to the river or stream. She is not very particular about her nest.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Rose Doggett

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Patrick Doggett

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   44

   Address

   Kilberry, Co. Meath