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School: Mohill (B.) (roll number 12415)

Location:
Mohill, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Francis Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0215, Page 030

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  1. The Care of Our Farm Animals (continued)

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    Suck", and (you) when you are calling hens you say "Chuck, Chuck, Chuck," and when you are calling turkeys you say "Yeb, Yeb, Yeb", and when you are calling goats you say "Kidse, Kidse, Kidse."
    People say that goats are lucky.
    There are farm horses, racing horses, hunting horses, and jumping horses, and there are piebald ponies, and Shetland ponies. The Shetland ponies are a very small breed. There is a very big horse which is kept for doing farm work, (Irish) and he is called a Clydesdale. Irish Draught horses are very suitable for this district.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Cumiskey
    Gender
    Male