School: Baile an Lóin Tighe (Ballinlonty) (roll number 1579)
- Location:
- Ballinlonty, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Áine Ruiséall
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0550, Page 125
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- All the farm and domestic animals are very useful. The cow the horse the ass and the calves are the farm animals. The domestic animals are the dog the cat the hens the ducks the geese and the turkeys.
The cow is a very useful animal while alive she gives us milk and from the milk we get butter and cheese and margerine. The cow has to saved. In the winter she is left in and in the summer she is left out. In the winter she wants a good dry bed under her and plenty to eat and a good drink. The cowhouse in usually built of cement and stone. (The) Two cows are usually in each bail and they are chained.
The horse is a very useful animal he does most of the heavy work on the heavy work on the farm. The horse is kept in the stable in winter and left out in the summer. The horse(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Bourke
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Inch, Co. Tipperary
