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School: Wexford (4) (roll number 12524)

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Wexford, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Victoria M. Sherwood
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0880, Page 228

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    On each side of Wexford Harbour there are lowlying lands called Slob-lands (?) on the South is the South-slob and the one on the North is the North-slob,
    These slob-lands are really land that has been reclaimed from the sea, and on them grows nice grass.
    To these slob-lands come the Wild Geese every year about October and stay till March.
    They come from the North of Europe.
    In the Autumn of (?) a goose was shot on the South slob which had a ring on its leg bearing the name of "Reykjavik - Iceland".
    The ring was returned to the Director of Natural History in Reykjavik who (?) back (?) that the goose was ringed as a young one in North Iceland in (?).
    Five geese were ringed at the same time.
    One was shot in Scotland in (?), the other three have not been accounted for.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Emma Owens
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Wexford, Co. Wexford