School: Kilmaganny, Thomastown
- Location:
- Kilmaganny, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: C. Ó Hurdail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0852, Page 265
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- Some if the birds in this district are the swallow, green-linnet, gold-finch, skylark, thrush, stare, robin, wren, wagtail, molly-blackcap, tom-tit, cuckoo, corncrake, crow, magpie, wood-pigeon, pheasant & bullfinch.
The cuckoo, corncrake & swallow migrate.
The Blackbird is a fairly big bird having a yellow beak & black feathers. She builds her nest in a furze-bush or in the butt of a tree & lays five eggs. She remains in the country all the year round.
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- Collector
- Brigid Sullivan
- Gender
- Female
- Thos Hurley says it got its red breast in north where there is a big fire lighting always because it is a very cold place. Every night, someone had to mind the fire or it would go out. One night, the boy who was minding it fell asleep & a bear came out of the wood to quench it. There was one spark left & the little(continues on next page)
