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School: Cluain Fallach (roll number 10612)

Location:
Cluain Falach, Co. Mhaigh Eo
Teacher:
E. Ó Breitheamhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0111, Page 139

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    The most common birds in my district are the crow, sea gull, thrush, blackbird, robin, wren, starling, sparrow, plover, linnet, goldfinch, corncrake, cuckoo, and swallow. Practically all those birds remain the exception are the corncrake, cuckoo, and swallow. The motive for those birds migrating is that the winter months are so cold and dreary that they change residence and fly to where insect food abounds. The birds builds in tree tops, hedges, bushes, house eaves or in old barns. A vast bird population comes southwards and commences to labour vigorously building their nests. Day after day they work hard collecting twigs, branches, moss, wool and hair. With their feet and beaks they fashion them so that their little homes will be warm adn cosy. The birds sits on the eggs for a month then the young birds will be hatched. It is said if a boy robs
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    Topics
    1. gníomhairí (~1)
      1. seanchas ainmhithe (~1,185)
        1. seanchas na n-éan (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Female