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School: Colehill (B.), Mullingar (roll number 14672)

Location:
Colehill, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Peadar Ó Coigligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0750, Page 026

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0750, Page 026

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  1. Birds - The Crow (continued)

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    that one day St. Patrick had his hands outstretched in prayer and a blackbird started building his nest on one of his hands. St Patrick never left down the nest until the small birds were able to fly.
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  2. The Birds - Magpies

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    Magpies are fairly plentiful in our district. They do not migrate to any country.
    They build their nests in trees, but in our townland they have certain bushes in which they build every year.
    Magpies nest are made of thorny sticks, and they roof them overhead. Holes are left on the sides one opposite the other
    They lay eight fairly small eggs for about three weeks.
    Almost every bird
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Mulvey
    Gender
    Male