School: Sráid na Cathrach (B.) (roll number 8850)

Location:
Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0622, Page 364

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    and next appear two hind legs or paddles.
    It searches about for snails and slugs and sometimes a tiny morsel of cabbage and more or less drags its self along after the caterpillar style.
    Then again at the least sound nothing cane be seen but a "lifeless shell"
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  2. There are a lot of wild animals around here such as otters, foxes, rabbits, hares, weasels,
    The otters are found Béal a loga,
    They kill fish and eat them
    They have very long bodies, short thick legs, and a bushy tail
    Weasels make their nests in sod walls.
    They eat vegetables and fowl.
    Long ago two weasels lived near a house in Spanish Point.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Arthur Mc Kenzie
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Johnny Comyns
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare