School: Carraigíní (roll number 11693)

Location:
Carrigans Lower, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Thos. Mc Gettrick
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  1. The care of our Farm Animals.
    Young goats are known as kids
    Pet names for goats are: Billy, Fanny, Meggie, Jenny, Nannie etc.
    There was a woman and she has land down in Heathfield. She had cows on the land and she used to go down milking twice a day. One evening she went down and the cow kicked the bucket and she started to cry. Sh told her mother and the mother told her to go the next evening. She went, and the cow gave her no drop.
    The next day a woman came in and the girl told her the story. The woman said "You had no right to cry, the next time say God bless it," and
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rosie Scanlon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrigans Lower, Co. Sligo