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School: Saggart

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Saggart, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
E. Ó Monacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0793, Page 50

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0793, Page 50

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    Bird-Lore
    There are many kinds of birds in this parish.The robin, the wren the lark the sparrow the blackbird the thrush the crow the magpie the swallow and the sea-gull.

    When Our lord was being crucified a little robin came and tried to pull the nails out of His hands and a drop of blood fell on her breast.The robin stays with us all the year.
    The swallow and the cuckoo are the only birds that leave us in the end of August and they came back in May. When the swallows are leaving they gather on the ...
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      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Desmond O Neill
    Gender
    Male