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School: Poor Clares' Convent, Cavan

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Cavan, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Sr. Carmel
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0975, Page 081

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    of blood fell on his breast and he has had a red breast ever since.
    This is a story of how the finch got all her beautiful colours. Once upon a time all the birds of the air had grey feathers. One day the king of the birds brought all the birds before him and told them to take a colour each from a rainbow. Each bird took a color except the finch, the little bird who had been waiting his turn. Now all the colours were gone and the timid finch was still in his dull grey. When the king of the birds saw this he was very angry and called all the birds back
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Vera Brady
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Cavan, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr P. Brady
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cavan, Co. Cavan