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1. Bird-Lore - The Thrush

   

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   Bird Lore

   The Thrush

   The thrush builds her nest in a bush in a ditch, and she makes it out of moss and hair and hay.

   She lays white and speckled eggs, and she hatches them for three weeks. She eats grubs and worms. She stays here all the year round. Her colour is speckled and she is a fairly big bird.

   She is a very nice singer and she is middling tame. She is a very nice and clean bird. She feeds her young ones with grubs and insects. Her bill is black and is very small.

   Writer's name and address: Willie Joe Carry, Kinnitty.

   Informant's name and address: Mr. W. Carry, Kinnitty, Co. Offaly.

   

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2. Bird-Lore - The Wren

   

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   The Wren The wren is the smallest of all the birds. She lays fourteen eggs and they are a kind of white. She makes her nest of moss and hair. She makes it in a bush in a ditch or in an old wall.

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            1. wrens (~39)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Willie Joe Carry

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Kinnitty, Co. Offaly

   Informant

   William Carry

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Kinnitty, Co. Offaly