School: Tullyvin
- Location:
- Tullyvin, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: M. Feeney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1020, Page 341
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- (continued from previous page)eggs and sit on them about a fortnight. Thrushes build their nests of moss and they build them in hedges. They lay four or five blue eggs and sit on them about a fortnight. Wrens build their nests in bushes but different to all other nests. She builds it of moss and makes a hole in the side of it. She lays about a dozen eggs and sits on them about three weeks. Crows build on tops of tall trees. They build their nests of twigs and mud but I don't know how many eggs they lay or how long they sit on them. Robins and wag-
tails build their nests in ditches and they lay four or five brownish eggs each and sit on them three weeks. Sparrows and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Philip Hannigan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ashfield Glebe, Co. Cavan
