School: Cluain Róiste (roll number 6959)
- Location:
- Clonroche, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Pádraig S. Ó Dubhghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0899, Page 213
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- (continued from previous page)thrushes.Tomtits build in walls and stone fences. Swallows build under eaves of houses and sometimes up in the roofs of outhouses.The Sand Martins build in a hole in the sand something like a rat hole.The Wren's nest is something like a ball with a very small hole for the bird to enter.The Blackbirds nest is something the shape of a cup and is plastered with mud inside.The Magpies build on top of a high tree. They build it with twigs and half roof it with the same material.If you rob a swallow's nest it is said the cows will milk blood. If swallows fly low it is a sign of bad weather. When a group of wild geese are seen flying to the south it is a sign of a storm.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nancy Carver
- Gender
- Female
