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School: Lorrha (B.) (roll number 600)

Location:
Lorrha, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Cróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0530, Page 035

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    Every bird builds nest in a different place. The cuckoo never builds a nest he only lays an egg in an other birds nest. When the young cuckoo comes out it throws the other young birds out of the nest because it has a hollow in it's back and i gets down to the bottom of the nest and throws the other birds out of the nest. The young birds are killed when the parents of the birds come home and only find one bird and that was the cuckoo, and the parents think that it is one of their own. They are very fond of it. That is why two birds are always
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Uinnseoin Ó Dorcí
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lissernane, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Thomas Gill
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Abbeville, Co. Tipperary