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School: Baile Chíorbhaic, Domhnach Mór (roll number 1691)

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Ballykerwick, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seán Ó Cathasaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0347, Page 038

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    of stormy weather to have the sea-gulls come inland. The swallows build their nests on house-eaves. These birds migrate.
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    In this country there are lots of birds. Some are migrating birds but others remain in this country all the time. The Cuckoo and the Swallow and Woodcock are migrating birds. There are several varities of wild fowl namely. The Grey Plover, and Green Plover, the Grouse, the Pheasant, the Snife, the blackbird and Thrush and several other varities too numerous to mention.
    Some varities of birds build in the bogs namely the snipe, others in trees, namely, larks, and corn-crakes, others in ditches namely robins, lady wag tails and wrens, and the sparrow
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ellen O Rourke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilmartin Lower, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Tim Rourke
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilmartin Lower, Co. Cork