School: Baile Uí Mheirigín, Merginstown

Location:
Merginstown, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Áine Ní Fhearrachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0914, Page 279

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0914, Page 279

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    ing for anything while the churning is in motion it is said that he or she would take the profit off the churn and maybe the people would be churning for hours and no butter would come on the milk.
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  2. There are a lot of birds which inhabit this district. They are crows blackbirds, thrushes, wrens, robins, goldfinches, curlews, wood pidgeons, stonechats, plovers, yellow hammers, starlings magpies, jackdaws, hawks, bullfinches, ravens, cranes
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Perkins
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Merginstown, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Mr Joseph Perkins
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Address
    Mullycagh Lower, Co. Wicklow