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School: Crowenstown

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Crowinstown Little, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
M. Ní Bhriain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0724, Page 348

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    The wild birds commonly found in my district are:- robins, wrens, blackbirds, thrushes, crows, pigeons, magpies, gold-finches, chaffinches, skylarks, bog-larks, swallows, cuckoo, and woodcock.
    The swallows and the cuckoo migrate to warmer countries in late Autumn. When the swallows are about to leave this country they gather together on the house tops, or on sheds, for a fortnight or so. before doing so. Then they fly off in 'bunches', the older ones going first, and the younger ones soon afterwards.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Heffernan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Delvin, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    John Heffernan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Delvin, Co. Westmeath