School: Ballycumber (C.)
- Location:
- Ballycumber, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Mrs Fenelon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0810, Page 333
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- Crows: Crows usually build their nests on tree tops. When crows fly low there will be bad weather.Cuckoo: The cuckoo is a migratory bird. She makes no nest at all but lays her egg in another bird's nest. Some birds follow the cuckoo because she lays her eggs in their nests.
These birds are called "waiting-maids".
- Collector
- Brigid Concannon
- Gender
- Female
- Jack-daw: The jack-daw builds in the chimneys of houses or hight up in old walls.Thrush: The thrush usually builds in the bushes and ditches. She is a big brown bird.Blackbird: The blackbird sometimes builds in a bank. She lays big blue eggs she has a yellow beck.Robin: The robin is a small brown bird with a red breast. She builds her nest in a low hedge.Wren: The wren is a little brown bird with a cocked tail. She builds her next in a wall or ditch.
