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School: Cill Ruis Íochtair (roll number 4106)

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Kilrusheighter, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Toirdhealbhach Ó Catháin
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    Our horse wears four sets of shoes in the year because he carts a lot of clay and stones and he also brings wrack or seaweed from the sea. We clip the horse every October. The thighs and sides of the working horse are clipped and the pony is clipped all over.
    We wrote before about O'Dowd's horse that was in the stable for seven years at Ardnaglass. We call the other animals like this, hen = tuk-tuk, duck = wheet-wheet, goose = baddy-baddy, turkey = bead-bead, goat = jenny and minnie, sheep = shawnie, cat = pish-pish, pig = hurrish or tze or awie.
    We hatch thirteen eggs in a sitting. We shake holy water on the nest, put a bit if iron in it and a green sod.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Marley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corkagh More, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Michael Marley
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    57
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Corkagh More, Co. Sligo