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School: Broughall, Killcormac

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Broughal, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Bean Uí Chlabhtaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0808, Page 214

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    at all; she lays an egg in another bird's nest. The stonechat build's of moss hair and grass. The magpie, hawk, woodpigeon and crow build of twigs in a very high tree. The goldfinch builds a nest of moss and hair in a high tree. The corncrake builds no nest. He lays an egg on the ground. Of these birds the swallow, cuckoo wildgoose and the corncrake migrate.
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    Patrick Carroll
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