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School: Errew G.N.S. (roll number 13261)

Location:
Errew, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Brígid Nic Eoin
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  1. The Care of Our Farm Animals

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    The following is a list of the farm and domestic animals we keep - the cow, the calf, the horse, the ass, the goat, the pig, the sheep and we also keep a dog and cat. We have three cows at home. One of them is called "Betty", another one the "Polly cow", another one the "Strawberry".
    When a person is driving cattle in a gap he says "Twig" and when driving them out he says "Hursh".
    The cow-house is usually called
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Lavelle
    Gender
    Female