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School: Tullycanna

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Tullycanna, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Tomás de Buitléir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0876, Page 201

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    The birds that are most common in this district are :-
    the tom-tit, robin, wren, blackbird, thrush, starling, crow, hawk, yellow-hammer, mag-pie, gold-finch, bull-finch golden plover, green plover pheasant, partridge, woodcock, curlew, snipe, wild duck wild goose and willie-water wagtail.
    The plover, woodcock cuckoo, swallow and wild goose migrate. The plover woodcock and wild goose come here for the fowling season only and shortly before it is over they leave.
    The cuckoo and swallow come here for the summer months and they leave when the weather is becoming cold. The wild duck remain
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    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Alice White
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Maxboley, Co. Wexford