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School: Ramonan

Location:
Ramonan, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Maeve Turner
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  1. The Care of Our Farm Animals

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    The animals on our farm are - a horse, three cows, eight cattle, a goat, a sow and two pigs, the domestic animals are a dog and three cats,
    The cows on our farm have names - they are, 'Whitehead,' 'Speckle' and 'Browne.' The byre in which the cows live has a loft, there is a manger in front of the cows, also a place to store hay, the horse also lives in it, it is a thatched house. The cows are tied with chains, but the horse is tied with a rope. The chains which are of iron are bought in shops. There is no emblem hung in the byre to bring luck. I once heard a story which said if you have music in the byre the cows will give more milk.
    Our horse is clipped once a year. There are no famous horses in our district.
    When we have a litter of pigs the smallest are brought into the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Neville Hawthorne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Claddagh, Co. Cavan