School: Killeen, Granard (roll number 13752)

Location:
Killeen, Co. Longford
Teacher:
S. Ó Duibhgeanáin
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    Bird Lore
    There are many kinds of wild birds but the most common ones in my district are the crane, wild-duck and robin.
    The crane builds its nest in a big tree and the wild-duck builds in a bog and the robin builds in a ditch.
    The crane builds a big nest of sticks and clay and it leaves two holes for its legs to hang down and it lays seven big eggs.
    The wild-duck builds a big nest of rushes and it lays six big eggs.
    The robin builds a small nest of moss and hair and it lays five white eggs with grey spots.
    It takes the crane four weeks to hatch and the wild-duck three weeks and a few days and the robin three weeks.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Katie Smyth
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coolcor, Co. Longford