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School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)

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Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0858B, Page 07_029

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    There are a great many various birds around this district, namely swallows, blackbirds, sparrows, robins, cuckoo, corn-crakes, yellow-hammers, and wood-cocks.
    Swallows, cuckoo, wood-cocks and corn-crakes migrate into foreign countries in the Winter, and return in Summer.
    Every bird builds its own nest, swallows build in house-eaves, black-birds build in tree-tops, wood-pigeons build in ivoy trees, yellow-hammers build in
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire de Paor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Haggard, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Mr John Marnell
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    83
    Address
    Dunnamaggan, Co. Kilkenny