School: Kilberry, Athy (roll number 13165)

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1. Bird-Lore (continued)

   

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   The wild birds commonly found in his district are the crow, the wood-pigeon, (locally called the wood-quest), the hawk, the blackbird, the thrush, the long-tailed tit ( locally called the willy-wag-tail), the reafogue, the robin, the wren, the jackdaw, the curlew, the scald-crow, the grouse, the widgeon, the snipe, the pheasant, the partridge, the wild-duck, the hedge sparrow, the stone chat, the bull-finch, the yellow-hammer, the wood-pecker, the polly-white-throat, , the green plover, the grey plover, the philibín, the stalings, ('stairs') the magpie, the lark, the jay-thrush, the tit-lark, (or bog-lark), the green linnet, the gold-finch, the crane, the waterhen, the swan, the ducky-diver and the owl,
   These above named birds do

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

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Sara Rowan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   50

   Occupation

   Múinteoir