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School: Granard (B.) (Muire Gan Smál) (roll number 13963)

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Granard, Co. Longford
Teacher:
León Mac Craith
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    the summer and snails in the winter, she has no song.
    Sparrows
    The sparrow builds its nest in eaves of houses, and in ditches. She eats flies for her food, and she has no song, but she chirps
    Finches
    There are three kinds of finches, bull-finches, chaff-finches, and gold-finches, secondamar tree or in a white-thorn bush. She is a good singer and she eats flies for her food.
    The Blackbird
    The blackbird builds its nest in a white-thorn bush and she eats worms for her food. She lays five eggs of a blueish colour and she has no song, and she has a sharp black bill.
    The Thrush
    The thrush builds its nest in a laurel tree, or a white-thorn bush, and she eats snails for her food. She lays four or five eggs and she is a good singer and is of a brownish colour.
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    Topics
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      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Finnegan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ferskill, Co. Longford