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School: Drumlease (roll number 15382)

Location:
Drumlease, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Tomás Diolún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0201, Page 035

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    Bird Lore
    We have a great many classes of birds in this country namely the robin the wren the sparrow the thrush and various other birds. We have a great many birds that stay only in Summer with us and then leaves this this country and goes to a warm climate.
    Most of the birds lay eggs from which their young ones are hatched. The cuckoo is a very lazy bird, she never builds a nest of her own but she lays an egg in another birds nest from which a young cuckoo is hatched.
    Before long the young cuckoo throws the other young birds out of the nest and takes possession of the nest
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas O' Connor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dromahair, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Patrick O' Connor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dromahair, Co. Leitrim