School: Ráth Coille (roll number 15705)
- Location:
- Rathkell, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Aindrias Ó Mórdha
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- (continued from previous page)afterwards. We give them new milk until they are about a month old after which we add some skim milk and linseed gruel.If we tie young calves we tie them by the feet - one of the fore - feet to a stick or staple by means of a hemp rope. When we call them we say Suck ! Suck! Suck !
- We keep only one horse. He is an eight-year-old, and is of an red colour, with a white star on his forehead. We call him Bob.My father bought him as a foal at the fair of(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael F. Marley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Islandmore, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Dominick Marley
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Islandmore, Co. Mayo
