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School: Christ Church, Castlebar (roll number 14358)

Location:
Castlebar, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
A. C. Ní Mhaitiú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0154, Page 243

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    Farm Animals
    We have a great number of animals at home. We have six cows some sheep, pigs, horses, goats, cats, and donkeys. When we are driving the cows we say "Hurs on". We sometimes drive them with a dog. We call three of our cows by their names. We call one the bawnie cow because she is a white cow. We call another Poll because is a cow that has no horns and the other the Balla cow because we bought her in Balla. We tie our cows round the neck with an iron chain. The cows are milked twice a day, at night and in
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Carson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloontybaunan, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Robert Carson
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloontybaunan, Co. Mayo