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School: Tattenclave

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Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Chróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0948, Page 160

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    the robin picked the thorns out of his head, and that blood came out on its breast and every robin has a red breast from that.
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  2. Bird-Lore

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    The most birds to be found about here are the robin, lark, cuckoo, swallow, wren, blackbird, sparrow, thrush, crow, magpie, corn-crake, hawk, water-hen, water-duck, snipe, pigeon and stares.
    The cuckoo, the swallow, the corn crake go away in the winter and come back in the summer. The robin builds its nest in the ditch the swallow
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Smyth
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Address
    Liscumasky, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Patrick Mc Mahon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    69
    Address
    Faltagh, Co. Monaghan