School: Woodland (roll number 8464)
- Location:
- Woodland, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Mrs Crossan
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- Collector
- Henry Mc Cafferty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Oldtown, Co. Donegal
- The wild birds that are to be found in this country are wrens, robins, blackbirds, magpies, pigeons, larks, crows, seagulls, cranes, wild ducks, wild geese, hawks, thrushes and sparrows.
A sign of a storm is when some of the birds sing in the middle of a bush.
On the approach of a storm the wild geese fly high.
The reason the robin has the red breast is this. When Our Lord was hanging on the cross, the robin came to Him and picked a thorn from his Head. The blood fell on the robin's breast.
The cuckoo, the swallow, and the corncrake came to us(continues on next page)