School: Páirc Árd (High Park) (roll number 11431)

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1. Bird-Lore (continued)

   

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   but especially to Africa. They leave this this country for the winter months and come back to us for the summer. The swallows also leave us for the winter months but they always come back to build their nests in spring. They build in the roofs of old houses and sheds. Great interest is taken in these birds so people say that they always come back to the very same place as the year before. The Corn-crake builds her nest in the meadow-fields. The sea-gulls and pigeons build their nests along the sea-shore. The cuckoo builds no nest atall but lays her eggs in another bird's nest and when that bird hatches the eggs the young cuckoo's appear also and after a couple of days they become very bold and throw the other young birds out of the nest. Rooks and crows build their nests in tree-tops, and in the eaves and

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eileen Mc Atarsney

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Dromard, Co. Sligo

   Informant

   Mr Mc Loughlin

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   56

   Address

   Dromard, Co. Sligo