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School: Cor Bealaigh

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Corbally, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Marcacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0163, Page 107

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  1. The Cows (continued)

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    threw the rope was closed for a long time after that, and the next time he opened it the room was half full with butter.
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  2. Sheep and Cats

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    The people that keep sheep round this district are Maughans, Dorans, and Becketts. They keep about from a hundred to a hundred and fifty sheep.
    The cure for keeping the flies off the sheep is to "dip" them in blue stone water. The blue stone has to be steeped in a tub of water for a few days. When they "dip" the sheep in the water they have a brush and they rub the blue stone water tightly into the wool with the brush. The black woll
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Foody
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Emlymoran, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mr James Foody
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockbrack, Co. Sligo