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School: Beale (1) (roll number 7660)

Location:
Beal, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Martin Beasley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0399, Page 026

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    Animals were created by God as well as man and should be kindly treated. A donkey should be treated kindly and should not be beaten with a big stick. And another thing is that he should be able to get clean fresh water to drink and good food to eat. When going up a hill you should not stay in front of the cart but in the middle. Care should be taken when a donkey is tackled to a cart not to put too heavy a load on him as it hurts his back. If a donkey is suffering from a sore he should not be tackled to a cart.
    If a donkey is too old and unable to work he should not be thrown on the road side to die but taken back to Miss Browne's of Ballyduff as she is very interested in the prevention of cruelty to animals.
    In the same way we should be kind to
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Griffin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bromore West, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Martin Griffin
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bromore West, Co. Kerry