School: An Ghráinseach, Mainistir Fhearmuighe (roll number 12700)

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1. Bird-Lore (continued)

   

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   chimneys and in forks of trees. They lay for or five white eggs and sit on them for about a month. The magpie is a rather nice looking black and white bird about the same size as a jackdaw. Like the hawk they are flesh eaters and often swoop down and carry off young chickens. Some people look on magpies as omens and the following is believed regarding them - "One for sorrow; two for joy; Three for a wedding; four to die; Five for silver; six for gold; Seven for a story never to be told."

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2. Bird-Lore

   

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   The following birds are very common in this district (Grange, Fermoy Co Cork) - the robin, the wren, the sparrow and the tit-lark.
   The robin builds her nest in hedges and it is composed of hay, moss and clay. In frosty weather

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