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School: Kilmuckridge

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Kilmuckridge, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
L. Mac Donnell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0887, Page 090

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    when a great commotion arose over a hawk that had carried off a fine fat chicken and brought it to the top of a tree where it seems it had a nest.
    - a tree too, without any limbs or branches + measuring or branches + measuring from ground to nest 34 ft. high
    A man named Connors of this district also had succeeded in frightening off the hawk, but insisted that she had left the chicken behind' so he decided to satisify himself on the point and incidentally to retrieve the Bird, much against the advice + wishes of the onlookers, and especially of Paddy, who saw nothing but trouble in such an enterprise
    It was all no use, he should go up, it was so easy, he was such an expert climber, and
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    W.J. Mac Donald
    Gender
    Unknown
    Age
    55