School: Mohill (B.) (roll number 12415)
- Location:
- Mohill, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Francis Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0215, Page 036
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- (continued from previous page)up in the byre for luck. There are no customs or stories connected with milking. A special house is kept for the horse and it is called a stable. When people are feeding the horse, they put the hay in a manger, which is kept in a corner of the stable. When training a horse he is driven on the road with long reins. When a horse is trained to work, four shoes are put on him. They are brushed and cleaned every morning and before the Spring work they are lipped. Goats are kept for their milk. Sheep are useful for the wool and meat. Pigs are very useful to the farmer for making money.
- The most useful animals around a farm are the cow, the horse, the ass, and the goat. Sometimes the farmers put names on each cow to distinguish one when he is talking about them.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Stephen Kelly
- Gender
- Male
