School: Collon (roll number 14579)

Location:
Collon, Co. Louth
Teacher:
Bean Uí Mhathúna

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0676, Page 205

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Crown of Thorns, and that a drop of His sacred blood fell unto it's breast, and since then every robins breast is red in colour.
The young bird which follows the cuckoo is said to be his foster mother, which is so proud of her large supposed to be young, that she continually follows it.
The crane when building its nest, leaves two holes in the bottom which it puts its long legs through when sitting on the nest.

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The robin is one of the commonest birds of our district, when this bird comes to the door step, during Winter, the old people believe that cold weather is approaching.

The robin is one of the commonest birds of our district, when this bird comes to the door step, during Winter, the old people believe that cold weather is approaching.
In the most unexpected places it's

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Collector
Eithne Watters
Gender
female
Address
Collon, Co. Louth
Language
English