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School: Moher

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Moher, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
J. Wilson
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0969, Page 168

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    Bird Love.
    The wild birds are commonly found in my district are the robin, wren, swallow, black bird, thrush, cuckoo, crow, corncrake, starling, magpie, pigeon and crane. The swallow, cuckoo, corncrake, migrate. The starling builds her nest on the eaves of houses.
    The robin, wren, black bird and thrush build their nests on fences and in ditches. The crow, magpie and pigeon build their nests in threes. ("The smaller the bird the neater the nest")
    The robin builds a neat little nest and so do all small birds.
    It takes three weeks for the young birds to come out of the shell.
    It is said when the weather is bad they fly low and when the weather is good they fly high
    Jim Wilson
    Mullaghmenn
    Belturbet
    Co. Cavan
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jim Wilson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mullaghmeen, Co. Cavan