School: Loughill
- Location:
- Ballymunterhiggin, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Eibhlis Ní Mhathghamhna
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- (continued from previous page)farmyard. Its tail is never at rest. People say when it is seen around the house that a storm is coming.
- The lark builds its nest in the rushes. It is made of long grass. Its eggs are about four in number. The lark sings as it soars but never when coming down. The cuckoo- some say lays in the lark’s nest. The young lark and cuckoo are reared together and when the cuckoo flies away the lark follows it. The lark is the little bird one sees following the cuckoo.
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- The pheasant is the nicest bird of all. It has a brown coat with silver feathers and a very long(continues on next page)