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School: Baldwinstown

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Baldwinstown, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Ristéard Mac Plib
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0876, Page 374

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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, magpie, 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 remains about the boggy land during the spring and Summer. She builds her nest here and lays an egg as large as the tame duck. Some of them are white and others
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Berna Parle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Baldwinstown, Co. Wexford