School: Gort na mBó (roll number 14418)

Location:
Bofield, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Laoghaire
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    Wattlers still come to weddings. In some places there is welcome and in others there is not. They alawys [always] have a sergent [sergeant] with them and sometimes this man will not allow any drink to be taken.
    Michael Judge Kilgarvin Bonniconlon.
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  2. The animals we have at home are, the cows, calves, ass, pigs, hens, ducks, and turkeys. All these animals are useful to us.
    We milk our cows every morning and every evening with the the two hands. Very seldom we milk our cows with one hand. When the cow calves her milk is called “beastings”
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