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School: Wicklow Convent

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Wicklow, Co. Wicklow
Teachers:
Mrs McCall Sr. M. Martin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0926, Page 110

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    The most common birds we have in this town are the Black - bird, Thrush and the Crow.
    The Black- bird and Thrush are birds nearly of the same nature they build their nests in a good thick hedge, so that they will be hidden in the foliage from the eyes of those who seek to rob their nests, and to shelter them from the wind. In very bad weather they can go down to the bottom of the hedge a place where they are sure to find a morsel of food without going out from beneath shelter.
    The Crows build their nests on the top branches of tall trees mostly a group of them together, they always begin to build on the first of March, but a funny thing about them is if the first of March
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Marie Hughes
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Wicklow, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Mr Michael Hughes
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    58
    Address
    Wicklow, Co. Wicklow