School: Áth an Lín (C.), Baile an Gharrdha (roll number 9633)

Location:
Ballingarry, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Máire Nic an Aodhaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0490, Page 020

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    for three weeks. Boys are told they get warts if they rob birds nests. The birds that migrate are the cuckoo and the swallow and the corn-crake hibernates.
    When swallows fly low and seagulls come inland, rain is approaching.
    This information was obtained from Margaret Murphy and Maura Meehan, Knockaderry,
    Newcastle West,
    Co. Limk.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maura Meehan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kiltanna, Co. Limerick