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School: Ceathrú Mhór (roll number 16289)

Location:
Carrowmore, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Thomas F. O' Hara
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0126, Page 303

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    he was pulling out the thorns some of the blood stayed on his breast. They say that, that is why he has a red breast.
    The wren is brown in colour. She is the smallest of all birds. She builds her nest in bushes or in the side of a wall. The people in this district believe that when Our Lord was in the garden the ween tried to tell the soldiers where he was.
    The sparrow is brown in colour. She does not sing very sweetly, she only twitters. She builds her nest on the eave of a thatched house.
    The gold-finch is brown with white spots on his wing. She builds her nest in the bushes. She signs very sweetly.
    The chaffinch is brown in colour. She builds her nest in
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Josephine Durkan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doonty, Co. Mayo