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School: Ráth Bhoth (roll number 14802)

Location:
Raphoe, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seán Mac Loingsigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1102, Page 172

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  1. The Potato Plant (continued)

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    district. Some years there does be a good price for they potatoes, and some years there does be a good price. There is a potato factory in the country which uses up the most of the potates.
    Writer of above:-
    Michael Devine
    Carnone
    Raphoe
    Co Donegal
    11/2/38
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  2. Bird-Lore

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    Bird-Lore
    The most common wild birds I know are the crow, the rook, the robin, the blackbird, the thrush, the swallow, the wren, the mag-pie, the cuckoo, the pigeon and the corn-crake migrate in the Winter. We never see the cuckoo nor the corn-crake migrating. The swallows collect on the telegraph wires in the middle of September and off they go.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Robert Porter
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyholey Near, Co. Donegal