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School: Áth an Lín (C.), Baile an Gharrdha (roll number 9633)

Location:
Ballingarry, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Máire Nic an Aodhaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0490, Page 020

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  1. Bird-Lore (continued)

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    for three weeks. Boys are told they get warts if they rob birds nests. The birds that migrate are the cuckoo and the swallow and the corn-crake hibernates.
    When swallows fly low and seagulls come inland, rain is approaching.
    This information was obtained from Margaret Murphy and Maura Meehan, Knockaderry,
    Newcastle West,
    Co. Limk.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Games

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    Games.
    The following are the games played locally.
    Tig,
    Hide and seek,
    Spinning tops,
    Skipping,
    Bowling hoops.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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