School: Clochar na Trócaire, Cill Dá Lua

Location:
Killaloe, Co. Clare
Teacher:
An tSr. Aileabhaird
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0586, Page 338

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0586, Page 338

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    prefers to lay her eggs in the nest of another bird. Sometimes she chooses the nest of a robin and when the sprawling young cuckoo is hatched it seizes all the food that the parent robin bring home. At last it pushes the rightful heirs out of their own nest altogether, and the perish, half fledged on the ground. Thus the greedy young cuckoo secures more room and more food for itself.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Frances O' Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymoloney, Co. Clare