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School: Saggart

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Saggart, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
E. Ó Monacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0793, Page 35

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0793, Page 35

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    The birds which are the best known in this district are the robin, wen crow blackbird, thrush and swallow.
    The swallow migrates the go away in the month of August or September to foreign countries They come back again at the end of April
    The robin is a very nice bird The colour of her feathers is brown. The has a red breast. There are many stories told how she got her red breast the builds her nest on a bank the makes it with moss and lines it
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    Language
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    Éibhlín Ní Mhíodhghán
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