School: St Bridget's (roll number 13854)
- Location:
- Derrymore, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire Uí hOistín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138D, Page 14_029
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- (continued from previous page)moss and hay. She lays five or six white eggs with red dots. She is a brown bird with a red breast.
The Wren makes its nest in a bank or in a barn. She makes her nest of moss and feathers. She lays ten or eleven eggs. They are pure white. The Wren is a very small bird. The Sky Lark makes her nest in a bunch of sedge in the mountain. She makes it of hay. The Reabog is a brown bird. She makes her nest in brooks and fences. She makes it of hay, hair and wool. She lays five or or six brown eggs.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Caitlín Ní Oistín
- Gender
- Female
