School: Cill Díoma (B.) (roll number 6516)

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1. Bird-Lore (continued)

   

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   brown and white.

   The birds that stay with us during the Winter are:- the "robin", "thrush", "blackbird", "gold-finch", "linnet", "starling" and "pigeon".

   The pigeon builds her nest on the top of a white thorn bush. She builds it with sticks and lays two white eggs.

   The linnet builds her nest on furze bushes. She lays four eggs and the colour of them is brown and white.

   The gold-finch builds her nest on an apple tree or on a white thorn bush. She lays from four to six eggs.

   The starling builds her nest on an old house and lays five blue eggs.

   The thrush builds her nest on an apple tree and on a white thorn bush. She lays four speckled eggs.

   The wren builds her nest on a white thorn bush and she lays from ten to sixteen eggs.

   When a storm is about to come, there will be a flock of sea-gulls standing in the middle of a field.

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   William O Shea

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballyvareen, Co. Limerick

   Informant

   John Hayes

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   70

   Address

   Kildimo, Co. Limerick