School: Kilmyshal (roll number 14777)
- Location:
- Kilmyshall, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: E. Mac Niocláis
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- (continued from previous page)189her nest in a hole in the ditch.
The swallows come in the Spring and they always build in the same place every year. The Crows build in high trees. Her nest does be always made of a few sticks.
The Thrush builds in bushes or in sgeach. The Blackbird builds her nest in the ditch and sometimes in large sgeachs. The colour of her eggs are blue. The crow builds in big high trees. She lays four eggs. The colour of her eggs are black. The goldfinch builds in
apple-trees or in palm trees.
People say if the Goldfinch builds in a palm tree one year that same tree will be withered before the next year. The colour of her eggs are green. She lays five eggs. The Willie-(continues on next page)- Collector
- Nellie Thumpkins
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patrick Clear
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Address
- Ballyprecas, Co. Wexford