School: Lanesboro (roll number 13320)

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   The crow is also a wise bird they build their nests on the first day of March and if it falls on a Sunday they will wait until Monday.

   

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2. Bird-Lore

   

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   The most common birds in the district are the crow, the robin, the swallow and the thrush, and the cuckoo, most of the birds lay five eggs. They build their nest in roofs of houses, and in eaves of houses and bushes. They make their nest out of little sticks and hair and little pieces of wool. they sit on the nest three weeks. You can judge the weather by the birds when they are flying low. When the whitecrows come in on the land,

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   Topics

   1. gníomhairí (~1)
      1. seanchas ainmhithe (~1,185)
         1. seanchas na n-éan (~2,478)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Betty Gibbons

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cluain Fobhair, Co. an Longfoirt

   Informant

   Mrs Gibbons

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   58

   Address

   Cluain Fobhair, Co. an Longfoirt