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School: Dubh-Áth (B.) (roll number 11067)

Location:
Duagh, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Seán Ó Conchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0410, Page 123

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  1. The Care of Our Farm Animals

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    The following is a list of our farm animals: cows and calves, horses and pigs and the fowl stocked are hens, ducks, and geese.
    Some of the cows have names such as "Spotty" "Joy" "O Donnell" and "Ruby" "Spotty" and "Ruby" get their names from their colour and horns while the "Joy" and "O Donnell" get their names from their previous owners. The expression used when driving the cows in and out of the field is "How" "How".
    The cowhouse is a cement building roofed with iron. It is called the byre. The cows are tied to bails
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Éamonn Ó Corradáin
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Éamonn Ó Corradáin
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male