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School: Cnoc Cairn, Imleach Iubhair (roll number 10731)

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Tomás Ó Dúthaigh
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    BIRD WHERE SHE BUILDS
    crows - high trees
    black-bird - low bushes (thick)
    thrush - ditto.
    starlings - holes in buildings (in obscure corners)
    magpies - thorny bushes.
    finches - generally elder-bushes or yew-trees
    linnet - ditto.
    yellowhammers - furze, heather & banks.
    water wagtail - bank of river
    plovers - marshy land and bogs.
    curlews - ditto.
    snipe - ditto.
    lark - in cowsliks in meadows.
    wild-duck - sedgy banks of rivers
    tom-tits - holes in trees.
    water-hens - (as for wild duck).
    cranes - top of high tree (preferably pine)
    scald-crows - high trees.
    field-buntings - mossy banks.
    cuckoos - no nest, uses another bird's nest
    corncrakes - long grass of meadows.
    seagulls - cliffs.
    King-fishers - banks of rivers
    swallows - cowhouses
    martins - ditto & like starlings.
    own - holes in trees, disused houses, ruins, belfries, etc.
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    Language
    English
    Informant
    Thomas Duhig
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    75
    Address
    Emly, Co. Tipperary