School: Doire Leathan, Grange (roll number 14843)

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1. Our Birds

   

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   The birds mostly to be seen in our district are the Robin, Blackbird, Thrush, Goldfinch, Willie-wagtail, Pigeon, Wren, Lark, Rockthrush, Bulfinch, and Sparrow.
   The Robin is a small brown bird with a red breast. She builds her nest in a bank or in a hayrick. She lays eight or nine eggs. They are very small white eggs with brown dots.
   The Blackbird builds her nest in a white-thorn hedge. She lays five eggs of a light blue colour with brown dots.
   The Thrush is a speckled gray bird.
   She builds a deep nest and lays about four light blue eggs. Thrushes are lovely singers.
   The Goldfinch is a very small bird with a lot of colours. She builds her nest in the of a white-thorn hedge.
   She lays three eggs.
   The Willie-wagtail is a black and white bird with a long tail. She builds her nest in a clamp of turf or in a stone wall. She lays six white eggs with brown dots.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Sighle Ní Cíaráin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Kilcat, Co. Sligo

   Informant

   Mattie Ó Cíaráin

   Relation

   Relative (other than parent or grandparent)

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Kilcat, Co. Sligo