School: Sixmilebridge (C.)
- Location:
- Droichead Abhann Ó gCearnaigh, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: M. J. Walker
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0596, Page 453
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- (continued from previous page)The thrush is a speckled bird. The thrush is very fond of hedge like the blackbird, except that if the blackbird sees danger at hand he will give a wild alarm call, but the thrush will fly shyly and silently away.
It is a great surprise to the thrush to find a snail, but the thing is how will the thrush get the snail out of its house. This is how it does it. It carries the snail to a large stone and keeps knocking the shell against the stone till it is broken and breaks off bit by bit. Then the snail is eaten comfortably by the thrush.
In a tuft of grass a linnets nest may be found. Its nest is lined with hair and many a journey the little builder must take before the lining is complete. From a farrow rises a lark with a burst of rippling song.(continues on next page)
