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School: Freshford (C.) (roll number 797)

Location:
Freshford, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Síle Ní Mheachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0866, Page 323

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  1. Local Places (continued)

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    Inchbeagh situated about three miles from the village of Freshford, is so called because there is a small Island there.
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  2. Local Birds

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    Wild birds found in this district are the blackbirds, the robins, the swallows, the wrens, the crows, the jackdaws, the cuckoo's, the magpie and the sparrows, pigeons, plovers, pheasants, curlews, thrushes, hawks, water-hens, cranes, gold finches, sky larks corn-crakes, yellow hammers, larks, wild geese, eagles and linnets.
    The cuckoo, the corn-crake and the swallow migrate to a foreign land for the Winter-months and they return again for
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridget Hogan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Freshford, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Anne Crosby
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    76
    Address
    Clintstown, Co. Kilkenny