School: St. Jame's Well (roll number 14192)
- Location:
- Carrowmore, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: S. Ó Conchobhair
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- (continued from previous page)The pigeons are very common about this district, and they stay in this country. They build their nests in an ivy tree. She makes her nests of pieces of sticks and feathers, and she lays two eggs. The curlew is the sign of rain. They build their nests in trees and on the top of bushes, and they make their nests with sticks and moss. The corn-crake builds her nest in meadows. The Jack-daws build their nests in the chimneys of houses. The robins usually build their nests in a bush. The larks usually build their nests on the ground in a cluster of rushes. The willie-wag-tails build their nests round the river, or in the bog. The cuckoo migrates from is at the end of the Summer. The water hen always makes her nest in water on the mountain, her egg is the same as any ordinary hen egg. I think it takes her four weeks to hatch them. The moorhen is the same size as any ordinary hen, she lives on the mountain, and she hatches in a bunch of heather. She lays four or five eggs.(continues on next page)
