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School: Carraigíní (Carrigans)

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Carrigans, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Máire E. Ní Stiopháin
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    Various things about Birds
    From having noticed the birds we often hear people talking about changes in the weather. When swallows fly low it is said that there will be rain, when high there will be good weather
    Before a storm the crows fly towards the seashore. The pick as much sand as they can to make them heavy so that they will not be blown about by the storm. The people say "The crows have gone to
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