School: Virginia (B)
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. Ó Raghallaigh
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- The teal builds her best in the bog. She lays four eggs. Her nest is made of heather and of rushes. She hatches for a week. When the young teals come out she feeds them with snails and the tops of weather.
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- Collector
- Natty Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Bridget Carroll
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- The blue-tit is another of our wild birds. She builds her nest of hairs (and) moss and straw. She is a blue bird and has a green breast. She hops from bush to bush. She lays lays four eggs and hatches them for two weeks. She is a wicked bird. If you went near the(continues on next page)