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School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)

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Prison East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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    side with mortar made out of mud. The thrush lays about five blue eggs dotted over with brown dots.
    The Robin is a nice bird with a red breast. Every body seems to like him. She sings all the year round. She builds her nest in the side of a mossy bank and she builds it with moss and hair. There she lays five or six eggs and hatchs them.
    The Swallow is a bird that comes to us in Spring and goes
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