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   The most common of all birds in the locality is the woodquest commonly known as the pigeon.
   The robin and the wren are Our Lord's cock and hen. It is said that if anyone killed a swallow or robbed her nest their cows would milk blood.

   The robin builds her nest about middle ways in a ditch. Her nest is made of moss, hair and sticks. She lays five eggs, and she hatches them for about three weeks.

   The wren builds her nest in a sceach. The nest is made like a house with a little hole in the side. She lays twenty-one eggs.

   The black-bird builds her nest in a sceach or in a bush. She builds it with sticks moss and mud. She lays four green eggs.

   The thrush builds her nest in a sceach or in a bush. She builds her nest with sticks and moss. She lays five eggs.

   The woodquest builds her nest in a tree. She builds it with a very

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Stasia Foley

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Hayestown Great, Co. Wexford

   Informant

   Mrs J. Foley

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   46

   Address

   Hayestown Great, Co. Wexford