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School: Ballyhogue

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Ballyhoge, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Mrs. Margaret Cahill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0902, Page 201

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    The Robin.
    The robin is a small bird with brown and red feathers. There is a tradition that the robin got its red breast when our Lord was on the cross with the Crown of Thorns on His Head a robin tried to pull it off and the Blood came on its breast. The robin lays from five to seven eggs and hatches them for three weeks then the young birds come out and after a while they get wings and fly away and get food.
    The Wren
    The wren is a very small brown bird. It makes its nest of moss and feathers. It lays twenty-four or twenty-five eggs. On Saint Stephen's Day boys hunt the wren. The wren makes
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