School: Drumatemple (C.) (roll number 7055)

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1. Nuala na Miadóg (continued)

   

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   knows her surname but they called her after the dagger which she carried.
   During her time she was a terror to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood. It is not known where she died but there is a headstone in the cemetery of Templetogher which bears no name and it is thought that she is buried there.
   Mary Noone,Curnamuckla, Ballymoe, Co. Galway

   

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2. Bird-Lore

   

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   Bird Lore The birds which are in my district are Wrens, Robins, Thrushes, Blackbirds, Crows, Scald Crows, Larks, Seagulls, Gold Finches, Pigeons, Swallows, Yellow hammers, Wild Geese, Water Hens, Corn-Crakes, Sparrows, Chaff-Finches, Cabbage-Wrens, Willy-wagtail, and the Magpie. The Swallows, the Corn-crake, the Cuckoo, the May Plever and the Wild-geese emigrate. The wren builds her nest under the eve of a house. The robin builds in the side of a ditch. A good singing thrush builds her nest close to the ground and a bad singer builds high in the bush. The blackbird builds in a

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   1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
         1. bird-lore (~2,478)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Janie Mc Neill

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Gilkagh East, Co. Galway