School: Loch an Toirc (roll number 9584)

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1. Bird-Lore (continued)

   

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   and under rocks and in the tufts of heather. The swallows build in old out houses and under bridges. The wren is the smallest bird of the lot and she lays 13 or 14 eggs she makes her nest in turf fences and leaves a small little hole for to go in to her nest The crow and the magpie build their nests in trees. people rob the magpie nest because they take eggs from the people and sucks them And the rob the hawks nest for they takes young chickens and turkeys away. The grouse is the sport fowl the more plentiful they get the better the people like it Because August is the fowling month fowlers come far after grouse with guns and setters The black bird builds her nest in bushes. she is a very nice bird she is always in good cheer whistling in bushes. The crane and the cormorant can tell the sort of weather that to come they flyes against the wind in fine weather

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      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
         1. bird-lore (~2,478)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Johanna Noonan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Toorleitra, Co. Galway