School: Rathcarran (roll number 4370)
- Location:
- Ráth Chairn, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Caitlín Ní Chonnachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0697, Page 269
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- (continued from previous page)and meal. Goats give us milk when the cows have no milk. Sometimes the people would not let goats into their houses, because if you had cabbage in your garden they would eat it all. Stallions are often kept in a stable for seven years, because if they are let out too soon after they are put in they might jump a hedge or fence if they saw a person to try to eat them. We have no sheep or lambs. Sheep are very useful for making woollen goods. Sometimes the people send out their wool to other places to get it spun and ready for weaving.
We have two cats at home. One cat's name is Biddy, and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- B. Cusack
- Informant
- Mrs Cusack
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- c. 45
- Address
- Baile Mhistéil, Co. Meath
