School: Tobar Rua (roll number 15427)
- Location:
- Toberroe East, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Mhuireagáin
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- (continued from previous page)They spend most of their time in the water and therefore need very little food. We call them by saying "Wheeta" "Wheeta" or "Ducky Ducksy."
Geese live mostly on grass but we feed them with oats during the day. We call them by saying "Zé, Zé."
Turkeys have to get great care when young lest they should die. They are first fed on hard-boiled egg. Then when about three weeks old they are fed on Oaten meal. Afterwards as they grow hardier they are fed on potatoes and turnip. When calling them we say "Be, Bea, Bee"
