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School: Tíréaltan, Maghcromtha (roll number 13286)

Location:
Teerelton, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Dd. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0339, Page 103

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    The most common farm animals are horses, cows, pigs, sheep, goats and donkeys. The horse is the most valuable and gets the most care. He lives in a stable and is fed on oats and mangolds.
    He is shod at the forge when necessary and when trained properly is a gentle animal. In towns and cities horses are decorated with a hawthorn branch for luck on May day.
    All the cows in the farm-yard are housed in what is called a stall. There are different methods of tying
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Donal Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mountmusic, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Dan Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    46
    Address
    Mountmusic, Co. Cork