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School: Whiterock (roll number 13820)

Location:
Carrigeengeare, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
J. Faulkner
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0194, Page 152

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  1. Goats (continued)

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    There is a cure in goat's milk for goitre. A got has very thin legs and can walk amost anywhere.
    Saying: "As surefooted as a goat."
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  2. Poultry

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    Almost every housekeeper has fowl. The most popular are hens, ducks, geese, and turkeys.
    People mostly keep from thirty to one hundred hens. They are kept for their eggs. There are table fowl as well as laying fowl. The eggs are set in the spring. When the hen has
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    Language
    English