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School: Kilmeedy (B.) (roll number 7161)

Location:
Cill Míde, Co. Luimnigh
Teacher:
John O'Grady
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0496, Page 192

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  1. Old Houses (continued)

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    burn turf, and bacon, and timber, and bog-deal.
    The houses were badly made in the olden times, because they did not know how to use slate, or cement.
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  2. Bird-Lore

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    There are many different kinds of birds there, but these are the most common ones in my district:
    The cow, a big black bird, the magpie, the jackdaw, the blackbird , the thrush, the pigeon, the robin, the wren, the tom tit, the starling, the lark, the linnet, the bullfinch, the goldfinch, the chaffinch.
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    Topics
    1. gníomhairí (~1)
      1. seanchas ainmhithe (~1,185)
        1. seanchas na n-éan (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James O Brien
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bellville, Co. Luimnigh
    Informant
    John Geary
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    73