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School: Richmond (roll number 14400)

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Richmond, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Giollarnáth
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 075

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    The birds that are commonly found in my district are the thrush, blackbird, wren, swallow, robin, house martin, crow, owl, jackdaw, magpie, wagtail, hawk, cuckoo, plover, water-hen, sea-gull, skylark, pheasant, crane, corn-crake, snipe, wild duck, yellow-hammer, and the wild pigeon.
    The swallow, cuckoo, and corn-crake migrate. They leave us in the end of Summer and they come back to us in the end of Spring.
    The blackbird builds her nest on a white thorn bush or on a hazel bush. She lays four eggs. They are of a blue colour with dark spots on them. She sits three weeks on the eggs. She makes her nest with moss, wool and
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jim Monnelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinlabaun, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Herbert
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    Over 80
    Address
    Ballinlabaun, Co. Mayo