School: Mercy Convent, Newtownforbes (roll number 8546)
- Location:
- Newtown Forbes, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Sr. M. Brainín
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- There are many different kinds of birds in this part of the country. Here are some of the names of the birds, the black-bird, the thrush, the magpie, the lark, the sparrow, the stone-checker, the chaffinch, the robin the crane, the seagull, the starling the cuckoo, the corn-crake, the linnet, the swallow, the white owl the hawk, the wood-cock, the grouse, the wild duck, the wild wood-cock and the wild goose come to us in winter and leave us in Summer. All these birds build their nests in spring and in early summer in trees bushes, hedges, and in old houses. The black bird builds her nest of hay and lines it inside with mud.
The black-bird lays five blue eggs and she hatches them for three weeks. The thrush build her nest of hay and feathers, and she lays five eggs. The colour of her eggs is blue with black spots and she sits on them for three week. The crow builds(continues on next page)- Collector
- Annie Toher
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Newtown Forbes, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Mr Toher
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 69
- Address
- Newtown Forbes, Co. Longford