School: Kilmurry
- Location:
- Kilmurry, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: A. de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0803, Page 195
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - The sparrow hawk: He lays four eggs. The colour of the eggs is dark brown. They build their nest out of sticks and moss. They are two weeks hatching them. The sparrow hawk's nest is not as well built as the crows and it is not as big.The red shank: He makes his nest around swamps. He makes his nest with grass and moss. The red shank lays six eggs. The colour of the eggs is white with brown spots on them.
Collected by Michael Boland (11) Wood-of-O, Tullamore. - Blackbird : -
The blackbird builds her nest in a hedge and sometimes in furze. She makes her nest of moss and wool and hair. She lays five little blue eggs with brown spots on them. She is two weeks hatching.(continues on next page)
