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School: Brughtheine (B.), Malla

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Churchtown, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Tighearnaigh
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    “The Blackbird builds her nest on a white thorn bush.”

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    fowlers because they are heavy birds and they can not rise for a while. When the Grouse are going away they carry pieces of sticks in their beaks because they can not fly over the ocean without landing a few times. When they want to land they leave the pieces of sticks fall into the water and they land upon them.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Sampson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballynamuck, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr William Keating
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    40
    Address
    Ballyorgan, Co. Limerick