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School: An Muileann (roll number 9208)

Location:
Mullen, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
B. Mac Siúrtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0240, Page 056

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    The hens.
    1-12-1938.
    We have sixty hens at home. In the winter they lay about every second day and in the summer they lay nearly every day.
    They are kept in a hen house. The hen house is white-washed on the inside and on the outside. There is a roost in it on which they roost on.
    We feed them with potatoes that are left after out dinner and indian meal.
    When hens are hatching we generally put thirteen eggs to be
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gretta Owens
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mullen, Co. Roscommon