School: Cnoc an Éin Fhinn (Birdhill) (roll number 13991)

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   tion of the Galtee mountains. After some time a strange crow came back and built her nest on one of the trees. A flock of crows came after her and tore her assunder and pulled down her nest. A crow never built a nest in Mountshannon since that because the priest cursed it.

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2. Bird-Lore

   

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   This district is very much frequented by birds. Birdhill means the Hill of the Kite. It is said that in olden times a bird called the Kite used to frequent it. There is another place called Ballyhane this means the way of the birds. There Wild Geese and Wild Duck and many other wild birds pass the big bog named Annaholty. When the wild Geese go to the bog it is a sign of wet weather. The blackbird, the thrush, and many other birds make their nests in ditches, hedges and on trees and on the ground. Wild ducks make their nests on the ground in bogs or in some far away unfrequented place. Plover are of two specied, the golden ploveer and the grey plover. The snope and curlew and other birds all build their nests on the ground and take a month or so to hatch out the eggs.

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