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School: Cluain Catha (roll number 16291)

Location:
Clooncah, Co. Roscommon
Teachers:
Dll. Ó Módhráin Ss. Mac Eoghain
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    The care of Farm Animals
    The domestic animals generally kept by the farmers are cows, calves, sheep, horses and donkeys. When the cows are put into the stable for the night they are tied around the neck with a rope. The rope is attached to a chain and fastened to a stake. The cow house is commonly called the byre. The majority of the people nail a horse shoe over the door for luck.
    When we call the crows prug prug they came a once and the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lizzie Compton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tuam, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs J. Compton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tuam, Co. Roscommon