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School: Ceann Tuirc (B.) (roll number 14052)

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Ceann Toirc, Co. Chorcaí
Teacher:
Liam Ó Caoimh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0353, Page 638

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    The birds that are found most frequently in this district of the parish of Kanturk in the Barony of Duhallow, County Cork, are as follows; the robin, sparrow, thrush, blackbird, swallow, cuckoo, corncrake, lark, crow, wren, jackdaw and pigeon.
    The swallow, cuckoo, and corncrake all migrate. There is a tradition which says, that when the corncrake is going away it takes a bit of a stick in its bill, and when it gets tired it drops the stick on the sea and rests on it. Then it starts off again with the stick in its mouth; and it makes
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    Topics
    1. gníomhairí (~1)
      1. seanchas ainmhithe (~1,185)
        1. seanchas na n-éan (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Lucey
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs Denis Lucey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ceann Toirc, Co. Chorcaí