School: Dring, Granard (roll number 14292)

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1. Bird-Lore

   

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   The wild birds common in this district are the robin, thrush, starling, bull-finch, gold finch,chaffinch blackbird, sparrow, lark, stone-pecker, wren, golden wren, yellow yarling, swallow, cuckoo, crow, crane, curlew, lark, magpie, corncrake, pheasant, pigeon, cormorant, wild duck, wild goose, partridge, teal, grouse, water-hen, hedge sparrow, swan, snipe, bog lark, wagtail, sand lark, wood cock, king fisher, seagull, tom tit, stone checker, grey thrush, plover, owl, linnet, swift, bat, and jackdaw.
   The robin builds her nest in the side of a ditch. She lays five small eggs, and hatches them for three weeks. She makes a small nest of moss, hair, and feathers.
   The thrush makes her nest of hay, and plasters it with mud all round inside, Thrushes build their nest in a thick hedge or in a whin bush. The female thrush lays four spotted eggs, and sits on them for a month.
   The blackbird makes her nest of little twigs, clay and hay. She lays five blue eggs and hatches them for a month.
   The starling builds her nest under the eave of a house, tiles, or thatch, and makes it of hay and

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Annie G. O' Reilly

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballinulty Lower, Co. Longford

   Informant

   Thomas O' Reilly

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballinulty Lower, Co. Longford