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School: Malahide (B.)

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Malahide, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
M. Ó Haodha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0791, Page 124

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    cuckoo comes out she pushes all the tit-larks eggs out of the nest as she wants it for herself. I happened to see a young cuckoo last year. She had lovely blue and white feather's.
    The Gold-finch is another nice little bird. It is very hard to find her nest. Last year my Father caged a nest of young ones. The old ones came into the kitchen to feed them. The nest my Father had was built in the top of a privet hedge.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James O' Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Malahide, Co. Dublin