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School: Cill Beathach (roll number 16807)

Location:
Kilbaha Middle, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Ceallacháin
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    “The following are the names of wild birds: The wren, the cuckoo...”

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    The following are the names of wild birds: The wren, the cuckoo, lark, corn-crake, néinín, thrush, black-bird, sparrow, swallow, robin, pigeon, curlew, snipe, pheasant, wood-cock, yellow hammer, canary, crow, magpie, hawk, plover, wild goose, water hen, gabhairín reóidh, linnet, gold-finch, wild duck, crane, jackdaw, rock-thrush, sea-gull, swan and the starling.
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        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridget Kennelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilbaha Middle, Co. Kerry

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    “The cuckoo comes to this country about the end of July.”

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    The cuckoo comes to this country about the end of July. The néinín always follows the cuckoo. The cuckoo does not make any nest of her own, she lays her egg
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