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School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)

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Prison East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 03_070

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    All the people around here rear cows and dry stock. We have three cows but we have names only on two of them which are the Horney and the Polly. We leave them out at night in summer time, but in winter time we put them into a barn which we call the cow-house.
    They are tied with shop chains and the chains are fastened on to stakes of timber with
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie M. Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Thomas Reilly
    Age
    42
    Address
    Dooros, Co. Mayo