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School: Cnoc Aoibhinn (Mount Pleasant) (C.) (roll number 13501)

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Mountpleasant, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Géaraidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0090, Page 262

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    Nests are made in the following places.
    On top of tall trees
    Crow, Magpie, Pigeon Nests are made of twigs
    On low trees.
    Thrush, Blackbird,
    Nests are made of moss and wool woven together plastered with mud and lined with wool and hair.
    On bushes.
    Robin and the wren.
    Nests made of moss and wool. The wrens nests has a roof and a
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nellie Mahon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mountpleasant, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Thomas Mahon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mountpleasant, Co. Mayo