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School: Áthán (B.), Lios na Groighe (roll number 14173)

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Ahane, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Seán Ó Héalaithe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0523, Page 337

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    1) The birds which are commonly known in our district are the crow, the wren, the linnet, the robin, the blackbird, thrush, the sparrow, the finch, corncrake, cuckoo, the swallow, the magpie, the pigeon.
    2) The birds that migrate are the swallow, the cuckoo, the corncrake, the starling.
    In the month of March every bird generally builds her nest.
    The crow is the only bird that starts to build on the 1st of March .
    3) It knows when we have the first of the month and all the other birds build theirs through the month.
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    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Moloney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockbrack East, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mr Con Moloney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockbrack East, Co. Limerick