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School: Borrisoleigh, Glenkeen (roll number 590)

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Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary
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Tomás de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0544, Page 379

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    one small hole so that she can easily get thro' herself and that nobody can see it. She sits on the eggs for about three weeks. The swallow build's a nest in the eve of a house with moss and wool and clay, and some times inside in the rafters of the houses. The cuckoo builds her nest but she goes around the country to see if she could get a nest that other birds left.
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    It is said why the Robin Redbreast is red that the little bird stood at Our Lord's feet, and that a drop of his blood out of the Wounds went on his breast and that is why he is red.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Younge
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killamoyne, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs P. Corbett
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    70
    Address
    Killamoyne, Co. Tipperary