School: Christian Bros., Drogheda (roll number 16718)
- Location:
- Drogheda, Co. Louth
- Teacher: E. Ó Siordáin
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- 1. There are many wild animals to be found in my district such as the fox, the badger; the weasal; the stoat; the hare; the rabbitt; and the squirrel.
2. The fox is the most distructive of these animals.
3. He preyes on lambs, hens, rabbitts, hares and wild fowl.
4. He lives in a borrow torn from the side of a bank.
5. The badger is similar to the fox, he eats, honey, young fowl, and roots of trees.
6. He lives in a borrow like the fox.
7. The weasal and stoat are savage little members of the polecat family and are very bloodthirsty.
8. The weasal lives in a borrow and the stoat lives in a tuft of grass.
9. The rabbitt and hare feed on grass and herbs.
10. The rabbitt lives in a borrow and the hare makes a seat in a tuft of grass. He relies on hearing rather(continues on next page)
