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School: Carrickgorman

Location:
Carrickgorman, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
M. Fleming
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1006, Page 059

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1006, Page 059

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    The wild birds which migrate here each year are the corncrake, the cuckoo, and swallow.
    The corncrake builds her nest in hayfields, laying from six to ten small eggs in a nest made from grass, and her loud double "quack-quack" is heard in late Spring and early Summer.
    The cuckoo does not build a nest, but lays one egg in one made by a thrush or field-lark who hatches out the young cuckoo, while the cuckoo herself flies around shouting the word from which she gets her name.
    The swallow builds a cosy nest of dried
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