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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 16_028

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    The crow builds her nest on the top of a very high tree. The halk on a high tree The yellow hammer builds in whins and bushes. The nests are made very round and tidy with hay and cíbhe and hare in some of them. Others are made with sticks and wooll, others with mud.
    The bird sits on the eggs for three weeks on the eggs and then the young birds come out. The old people say that if any one rob a birds nest that the bird will curse that person.
    The blackbird lays a blue
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Raghallaigh
    Gender
    Female