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School: Clongeen (roll number 4652)

Location:
Cluain Caoin, Co. Loch Garman
Teacher:
Brian Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0882, Page 283

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  1. Bird-Lore (continued)

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    cursing you they put their tails together.
    It is a sin to kill a robin because she tried to pull the nails out of our Lord's Hands and Feet as he lay hanging on the Cross.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Bird-Lore

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    The wild birds commonly found in this district are : (Clongeen B.N.S),
    robin, wren, gold finch, chaffinch,
    bullfinch, greenlinnet, crow, jackdaw, pigeon, woodpigeon
    (or more commonly called woodquest)
    sparrow, leather-wing-bat, long-tailed-tit, tit mouse, tomtit, mudlark, blackbird, thrush, jay, magpie
    heron, (called a crane and just as commonly called by its Irish name "Corriasc") grouse
    partridge, woodcock, plover, snipe, pheasants (were very plentiful but are rather scarce now.) lark, hawk, tomtit, willie-water-wagtail, woodpecker
    sallypecker, jennyspinner, minnie-goat, stonechatter, kingfisher, greylinnet, lapwing, catowl, ringdove, browneen, "pilibín", martin-swallow, swallow, golden-plover, curlew, sandpiper, shoveller waterhen, roselinnet, black-diver, barncrake, blackstairs, black-cap, golden wren, cuckoo, scaldcrow, chiff-chaff.
    (continues on next page)
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    Topics
    1. gníomhairí (~1)
      1. seanchas ainmhithe (~1,185)
        1. seanchas na n-éan (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Cullen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    An Ghráig Fhada, Co. Loch Garman