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School: Abbey (Naomh Feichín)

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Abbey, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séan de Paor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0052, Page 0304

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    3. The crow is a wild bird. She never does any harm where she has her nest built. The crow does more good than harm as she eats a lot of insects out of the land.
    4. The snipe is a bird with a big bill. The snipe is easily caught with a snare made of horse hair as he sticks down his head in the ground when he is eating. The snipe is not a very big bird.
    5. The cuckoo goes away from this place in the late harvest and comes back in the the spring when the days are getting fine.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Neil Conroy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballygowan, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Patrick Conroy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballygowan, Co. Galway