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School: Ráth Coille (roll number 15705)

Location:
Rathkell, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Aindrias Ó Mórdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0149, Page 258

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    We have three cows of a black colour.
    We house them every night both winter and summer and on bad days. The reason we have for housing them in autumn and summer is, one of them has a cough and if she were left out at night no matter how warm the weather would be the cough would become worse, one would not stay out without the other so we house the three and give them grass and hay to eat.
    The house we have them in is called the cowhouse. The walls are made of stone and mortar and the roof is slated. The floor is flagged and the walls are white-washed both inside and
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Emily Joyce
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glenavenew, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Peter Joyce
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glenavenew, Co. Mayo