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School: An Cheathrú Gharbh

Location:
Carrowgarve, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Fiachra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0147, Page 574

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  1. The Care of Our Farm Animals

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    Our farm animals need less care now than formerly. In olden times the lands were held in what was known as the rundale system. Each farmer possessed only small patches of land here and there. Those were too small to fence. Therefore when cattle were put to graze on those small patches various means had to be adopted to prevent them form trespassing on others people’s land. A stake was driven in the middle of the patch. To this the animal was tied
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Vincy Hunter
    Gender
    Male