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School: Ballinvally (B.) (roll number 931)

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Ballinvally, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
T. Healy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0723, Page 161

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  1. Bird-Lore (continued)

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    chaffinches, goldfinches, sparrows, wagtails, wild-ducks, pigeons, corncrakes, swallows, green linnets, cuckoos, missel thrushes, lapwings, starlings, jackdaws, swans, house martins ; swifts, wrens crows, robins, stone chats, snipes, bull finches, owls, curlews, seagulls, yellow hammers, tom-tits, hawks, wild goose, water hens, cranes, kingfishers, magpies, boglarks, skylarks, woodpeckers, woodcocks, grouses, blackheads, and bald coots.
    The corncrake, wild duck, wild goose, pilibeen, cuckoo swallow and some of the robins migrate. The corncrake comes back to our district about the last week in April. They stay in meadows and they hatch out their young in a meadow. The young corncrakes are often killed by mowing machines.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Owen Murtagh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Delvin, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Owen Murtagh
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Delvin, Co. Westmeath