School: Currach Saileach (roll number 13800)

Location:
Curraghsallagh, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Séamus Mag Fhloinn
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    and hatches them for three weeks.
    Waterhen:- builds in a river, makes it of sedge and rushes and lays six white eggs with brown spots. It hatches them three weeks.
    Wild duck:- builds on the brink of a river or lake makes it of withered grass and feathers and lays fourteen blue eggs. It hatches them for a month.
    Thrush:- It builds its nest in a hedge and it makes it of moss and lines it with claber. It lays four brown eggs and hatches them for three weeks.
    Wren:- It makes its nest in a hedge, of moss and hair. It has two holes in it because if anyone trys to catch it it escapes one side. It lays eighteen brown eggs with white spots and sits on them for three weeks.
    Curlew:- builds in the bog on a dry spot and the nest is made of withered grass. It lays three blue eggs with white spots and it sits on them for
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Towey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonargid, Co. Roscommon