School: Ballinvally (B.) (roll number 931)
- Location:
- Ballinvally, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Healy
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- (continued from previous page)She builds it of moss and lines it with feathers. She lays twelve eggs and the colour of them is white. The crow builds her nest in a tree. She builds it of sticks and lines it with hay. She lays four eggs and the colour of them is white. The pigeon builds her nest in a tree. She lays two eggs and the colour of them is white.
- The weather can be judged by the behaviour of certain birds. It is a sign of rain when swallows fly low. The swallows food is flies and when the flies are near the earth it is a sign of rain. It is a sign of rain when the curlew is calling. When the seagulls fly inland it is a sign of rain. Whe the wild geese come from the north it is a sign of rain. When one magpie is(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Fitzsimons
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killadoughran, Co. Westmeath