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School: Tisrara (C.) (roll number 14930)

Location:
Four Roads, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Eibhlín, Bean Uí Fhlaithbheartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0267, Page 357

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    is why they have red breasts. They tried to remove the thorns from His Sacred Head.
    Maud Burke,
    Turrock,
    Ballyforan,
    Ballinasloe.
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    The birds most common to our district are the crow, jack-daw, magpie, pidgeon, robin, blackbird, thrush, curlew, pheasant, wren, starling, green linnet, wild duck, swan, lark sparrow, goldfinch and swallow.
    The swallow and the widgeese migrate.
    The crow builds its nest on the top of a high tree. She lays four blue eggs. The swallows build in the caves
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Lawlor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tibarney, Co. Roscommon