School: Killasnett (roll number 9533)
- Location:
- Curraghfore, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Eoghan Mac Oirealla
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- The wild birds that are to be found in our district are the swallws the robin the snips the wood-cock's and the black-bird. The cuckoos and the swallows migrate. They come to Ireland in the beginning of Summer, if they come early it is a sign of a good Summer and if they come late it is the sign of a bad summer. They leave in the end of Summer. Nearly all the birds build or nest. They build them in hedges, in bushes in house caves in stone-walls in houses and in ditches The nests are made from(continues on next page)
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- Lena Rooney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Curraghfore, Co. Leitrim