School: Lios Tuathail Buachaillí

Location:
Listowel, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Brian Mac Mathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1126, Page 352

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  1. My father Thomas Collins said that a bird is getting "struck" he is carried to a good singing bird and the cage is closed on every side. The bird is left in the darkness in a quite place in a way that he can hear the other bird's song and if they leave him there for a week or two then he may be struck
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      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Donal Collins
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Listowel, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Thomas Collins
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Listowel, Co. Kerry
  2. My father told me that one day when he was filling a horseload of gravel that he found a corncrake asleep in a little nook and he
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