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School: Caiseal Seanachain (roll number 15170)

Location:
Cashelshanaghan, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Bláthnaid Ní Ghiolla Fhaolain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1086, Page 7

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  1. Local Place Names

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    The names of some of our fields are Minnie-drace, hollow-park, loop, long field, Mullan, dam-field, horse-park, orchard, meadow, cuts and Dunlops.
    People the name of Mullan owned the Mullan field some years ago and people the name of Dunlop owned the Dunlop field.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Bird-Lore

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    The pigeon, seagull, pheasant, wild duck and the crane are found in our district. Some of them go away in winter. The swallows sit on the telegraph wires and on the housetops before they go away. The robin builds its nest in a ditch. The blackbird, the thrush and the wren build in bushes. The swallow and the starling build on the house-eaves (?). The crow, the pigeon, the hawk and the magpie build on tree tops.
    The robin’s nest is made with fog, hair,
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maggie Kilpatrick
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Ardrumman, Co. Donegal