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   The corncrake is heard in the meadows when the "after-grass" is growing tall and she remains there until the meadows are mown. Sometimes at night we hear seven or eight corncarkes singing their hoarse songs in the meadows. The gold-finch, green-finch and corncrake also fly away to another country when winter is approaching.
   The crow and mag do much harm to the farmer's crop - the crow eats his potatoes and both crow and mag pick the seed from the corn. Scare-crows are put up in the fields of potatoes to frighten away the birds. Sometimes a rat trap is set among the potato crop, so that a crow may be captured; this crow is then put hanging on a stick in the field as a

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
         1. bird-lore (~2,478)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Delia Cullen

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Dergvone, Co. Leitrim

   Collector

   Fred Forbes

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Coollegreane, Co. Leitrim